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Re: Negative array subscript with unset
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Dennis Williamson |
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Re: Negative array subscript with unset |
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Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:48:01 -0600 |
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson
<chris@cfajohnson.com> wrote:
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> I all versions I have tried, unsetting an array element using a
> negative index fails:
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> $ array=( q w e r t y )
> $ unset 'array[-1]'
> bash: [-1]: bad array subscript
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>
> --
> Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com/>
> Author:
> Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
>
>
Assignments to negative indices don't work either. (Bash 4.2)
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