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peta@cim.mcgill.ca wrote:
> I got this from the zsh mailing list a while ago.  It used to work
> but no more (zsh-3.0.0).  It doesnt like ${(r:(${#1}-1)*3-1::../:)b}

It looks like the expression after the first : isn't being interpreted
as a mathematical expression for evaluation any more.  Somebody will
know if this is a feature, otherwise it's a bug.  You can get away
with:

eval "a=\${(r:$(((${#1}-1)*3-1))::../:)b}"

which evaluates the expression first.

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