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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@cambridgesiliconradio.com>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Modifier substitutions.
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 10:15:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0FSL00D608EDHX@la-la.cambridgesiliconradio.com> (raw)

This is all a little inconsistent.

% str="Think of a number"
% old=number
% new=word

% print ${str:s%number%$new}
Think of a word
% print ${str:s%$old%$new}
Think of a number
% print "${str:s%number%$new}"
Think of a $new

Substitutions with ${.../.../...} are more consistent, though there is
something a little odd with quoting in that case.  For example,

% str='#Think of a number'
% old='#Think'
% new='Despair'
% print ${str/$old/$new}
#Think of a number
% print ${str/\\$old/$new}
Despair of a number

The `#' is being interpreted as an anchor at the head of the string even
when buried inside $old.  I have a feeling that wasn't my intention.

pws


             reply	other threads:[~2000-04-06  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-04-06  9:15 Peter Stephenson [this message]
2000-04-06  9:32 ` Andrej Borsenkow
2000-04-06 12:49   ` Andrej Borsenkow
2000-04-12 12:26   ` Should we backup this change? " Andrej Borsenkow
2000-04-12 12:34     ` Sven Wischnowsky
2000-04-12 14:53       ` Bart Schaefer
2000-04-12 15:06         ` Andrej Borsenkow
2000-04-12 20:54           ` Peter Stephenson
2000-04-13  6:00             ` Andrej Borsenkow
2000-04-13  8:59               ` Peter Stephenson
2000-05-04  7:02         ` Let's do it " Andrej Borsenkow
2000-05-04 15:56           ` Peter Stephenson
2000-05-05 13:32             ` PATCH:RE: Let's do it RE: Should we backup this change? RE: Modifiersubstitutions Andrej Borsenkow
2000-05-05 14:26               ` PATCH: substitution anchors Peter Stephenson
2000-05-05 14:52                 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-05-05 14:55                   ` Andrej Borsenkow

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