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Re: field splitting with empty fields

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From: Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@xxxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: field splitting with empty fields
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:02:38 +0000
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Mail-followup-to: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:20:48AM -0400, Clint Adams wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:13:55PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> > print ${list//:/$'\n'}
> > 
> > ??
> 
> Okay, I asked a stupid question.
> 
> I want the line split into words according to fields which may be
> blank.  Right now I'm substituting :x: for :: and then removing 
> the x's to ensure that the array value match up to the proper
> indices.  This seems suboptimal.

IFS=:
print -rl -- $=list

-- 
Stéphane

References:
- field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Clint Adams
- Re: field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Clint Adams

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