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Re: for loop with variable

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: for loop with variable
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 10:44:22 -0700
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On 2026-05-11 10:11, Roman Perepelitsa wrote:

{a..c} expands to a b c. You can iterate over that.

Thanks. Seems there's more than one syntax for a sequence like that,depending on the context. I thought the '(P)' flag would do it but itdoesn't work.

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