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Re: clone an associative array?

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From: Stephane Chazelas <Stephane_Chazelas@xxxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: clone an associative array?
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:30:57 +0100
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 03:24:52PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
[...]
> 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.)
[...]

Hmmm,

~$ typeset -A a b
~$ a=(a 1 b '' c 2)
~$ echo "$a[b]"

~$ b=(${(kv)a})
zsh: bad set of key/value pairs for associative array

Hence, the b=("${(@kv)a}") that would also work with
SH_WORD_SPLIT.

-- 
Stephane

References:
- clone an associative array?
  - From: Marc Chantreux
- Re: clone an associative array?
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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