From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23872 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2007 13:23:18 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO autolearn=no version=3.2.1 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 13 Jul 2007 13:23:18 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 21898 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2007 13:23:12 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 13 Jul 2007 13:23:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 21319 invoked by alias); 13 Jul 2007 13:23:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 23676 Received: (qmail 21309 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2007 13:23:09 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 13 Jul 2007 13:23:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 21582 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2007 13:23:09 -0000 Received: from main.gmane.org (HELO ciao.gmane.org) (80.91.229.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 13 Jul 2007 13:23:04 -0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1I9L6t-0005ax-PR for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:23:03 +0200 Received: from 212.124.199.60 ([212.124.199.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:23:03 +0200 Received: from david by 212.124.199.60 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2007 15:23:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk From: zzapper Subject: Re: Substituting all but a trailing digit/number Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:22:56 +0000 (UTC) Organization: SuccessTheory Message-ID: References: <200707131248.l6DCmHAI018710@news01.csr.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.124.199.60 User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.24 Sender: news Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Peter Stephenson wrote in news:200707131248.l6DCmHAI018710 @news01.csr.com: > zzapper wrote: >> >> I want to generalise top3 into top4,top5..etc >> >> But how could I get filter just the trailing number (in VIM I would use >> memory) > > Use > > num=${(M)0%%<->} > > The (M) tells the shell to substitute the matched part instead of > removing the matched part. Thanks Peter, And If I wanted to anchor the number to the end? -- zzapper http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html