Re: '$1' indexing.

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm, you posted exactly this same thing with the subject "bug" on the
20th.  Did you not see the replies?  Yes, it's a bug, and a patch for
it has also been posted.

See http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2011/msg01456.html for explanation
and http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2011/msg01459.html for patch.


On Dec 22,  3:42pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
} Subject: '$1' indexing.
}
} Hi!
} 
} First post.  I thought I'd try zsh given how well spoken about it is. My 
} first exercise  has been to try to convert my bash functions to zsh, and 
} it has not gone smoothly, but most problems have proved to be solvable.  
} But what do you guys think of this:
} 
} function z
} {
} var=$1
} echo "var:/${1:0:1}/${1:1:1}/${1:2:1}/"
} echo "var:/${var:0:1}/${var:1:1}/${var:2:1}/"
} 
} }
} 
} $ z abcde
} 
} var: /a/a/b/
} var: /a/b/c/
} 
} Surely the indexing of '$1' is wrong? I can assign the value to 'var' 
} and all is well but I don't think I should have to.
} 
} Thoughts?
}-- End of excerpt from Ray Andrews