Re: ${name/pattern/repl} with negated pattern

[Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@xxxxxxxxxx>]

# p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx / 2014-05-15 16:32:19 +0100:
> ^ means "anything, and I do mean anything, that doesn't match the
> following pattern".  You can see that the initial "x" doesn't match the
> pattern, because the pattern requires the "/" to match.  However, x/ or
> anything longer does match the pattern because of the *.  So the longest
> string at the head that doesn't match the pattern is "x".  So it removes
> that.

thanks, i suspected strongly it was my confusion with the negation.
i'll have to go and get some practice with pattern matching, i used to
do better.  and your suggestion of #% is spot on, it does fix it.
 
> I think you'd be better off with ${a:#^x/*},

agreed.

> So try ${(M)a:#x/*}.

yep, this is IMO easiest.

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roman