Re: case matching to element in array?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Phil Pennock wrote:
> What am I missing in the following example?
> 
> 		(${(j:|:)fred_list})

Change this to

                (${~${(j:|:)fred_list}})

to activate the `|'s.  The extra level of substitution seems to be
necessary to avoid the `|' in the (j:|:) having an effect too soon.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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