Re: Is it possible or RFE to expand ranges of *arrays*

[John Kearney]

Am 28.04.2012 05:05, schrieb Linda Walsh:
> Maarten Billemont wrote:
>
> > On 26 Apr 2012, at 06:30, John Kearney wrote:
> > > Am 26.04.2012 06:26, schrieb Linda Walsh:
> > > > I know I can get
> > > > a="abcdef" echo "${a[2:4]}" = cde
> > > >
> > > > how do I do:
> > > > typeset -a a=(apple berry cherry date); then get:
> > > >
> > > > echo ${a[1:2]} = "berry" "cherry"  ( non-grouped args)
> > > >
> > > > I tried to do it in a function and hurt myself.
> > > echo ${a[@]:1:2}
> >
> > I see little reason to ask bash to wordsplit the elements after 
> > expanding them. 
>
>
> You ought to quote that expansion.
>
> ---
>     Good point.
>
> Since if you do:
>
> > a=( 'apple pie' 'berry pie' 'cherry cake' 'dates divine')
> > b=( ${a[@]:1:2} )
> > echo ${#b[*]}
> 4
> #yikes!
> > b=( "${a[@]:1:2}" )
> 2
> #woo!
>
> I'd guess the original poster probably figured, I'd figure out the 
> correct
> form pretty quickly in usage.  but thanks for your insight.
>
> ( (to all)....*sigh*)
I "always" quote not sure why I didn't that time.
Except that it was just a quick response to a simple question.
but of course your right.