pop - is there a more elegant solution

[jarausch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello,

just being curious,
is there a more elegant (less cryptic) solution to

#!/bin/zsh
# get the last parameter and shorten the list
# emulate Perl's pop function
echo $@
last=$[-1]
# shorten the parameter array
set $@[0,$[-1+$#]]
echo $@

Thanks for your opinion,


Helmut Jarausch

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Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
D 52056 Aachen, Germany