Re: clone an associative array?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Peter Stephenson wrote:
> > % typeset -A counterfeit
> > % counterfeit=${homemade}
> 
> As it's a sort of array, you need braces.

I meant parentheses, of course.  You've already got the braces.

> typeset -A counterfeit
> counterfeit=(${(kv)homemade})
> 
> Make sure you don't have the option SH_WORD_SPLIT set.  (This is a
> classic example of why it's a good idea to get used to doing without it.)

This is what Stephane's version works around.

pws


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