Re: efficient way to use matched string in variable substitution

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/23/21 3:13 PM, Oğuz wrote:
> 23 Ağustos 2021 Pazartesi tarihinde L A Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> yazdı:
> 
>> Starting with a number N, is there
>> an easy way to print its digits into an array?
>> I came up with a few ways, but thought this
>> would be nice (with '\1' or '$1' being what was matched
>> in the 1st part), this could be statement:
> 
> 
> If memory serves, the ampersand character will have this function in bash
> 5.2.

Yes, it's tagged for bash-5.2.

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