Re: extraction of a string from one another

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 12:59 AM Mark J. Reed <markjreed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I don't think there's a solution using builtins that doesn't require two lines of code, though I could be wrong.

Hmm.  Starting from your first split solution, just join again:
${(j:/:)${"${(@s[/])h}"}[1,3]}