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Evaluation of $# - bug?

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From: Bernd Eggink <eggink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Evaluation of $# - bug?
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:52:16 +0100
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Hi,

for some reasons

    set a b c 
    print $argv[$#-1]

prints nothing instead of "b", whereas both

    N=$#
    print $argv[$N-1]

and
    
    print $argv[1,#-1]

work as expected. Can anybody explain this behaviour, or is it a bug? 
It happens with 3.1.6 and 3.1.9-dev-7.

Regards,
Bernd

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Bernd Eggink
Regionales Rechenzentrum der Uni Hamburg
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