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| author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2003-07-04 16:05:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2003-07-04 16:05:18 +0000 |
| commit | e50b688cd5d246a6134fe614ae4efdf9e7dd649e (patch) | |
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18571: extra note on += for associative arrays
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index 889ab3f85..675a75991 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -257,6 +257,16 @@ patterns used for reverse subscripting (the `tt(r)', `tt(R)', `tt(i)', etc. flags), but it may also affect parameter substitutions that appear as part of an arithmetic expression in an ordinary subscript. +It is possible to avoid the use of subscripts in assignments to associative +array elements by using the syntax: + +example( + aa+=('key with "*strange*" characters' 'value string') +) + +This adds a new key/value pair if the key is not already present, and +replaces the value for the existing key if it is. + The basic rule to remember when writing a subscript expression is that all text between the opening `tt([)' and the closing `tt(])' is interpreted em(as if) it were in double quotes (\ |