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Re: Old 'cd ......' function broken.

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>
To: peta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Old 'cd ......' function broken.
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 17:22:00 +0200
In-reply-to: "peta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"'s message of "Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:57:34 MET." <199610011450.KAA15883@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

peta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I got this from the zsh mailing list a while ago.  It used to work
> but no more (zsh-3.0.0).  It doesnt like ${(r:(${#1}-1)*3-1::../:)b}

It looks like the expression after the first : isn't being interpreted
as a mathematical expression for evaluation any more.  Somebody will
know if this is a feature, otherwise it's a bug.  You can get away
with:

eval "a=\${(r:$(((${#1}-1)*3-1))::../:)b}"

which evaluates the expression first.

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