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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index b9af9b83f..cafd1feaa 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -447,6 +447,21 @@ match for tt(t*e) is substituted and the result is `tt(spy star)', while in the second case, the shortest matches are taken and the result is `tt(spy spy lispy star)'. ) +xitem(tt(${)var(name)tt(^)var(pattern)tt(^)var(then)tt(^)var(else)tt(})) +item(tt(${)var(name)tt(^^)var(pattern)tt(^)var(then)tt(^)var(else)tt(}))( +If the expansion of var(name) matches the var(pattern), the var(then) +string is substituted, otherwise the var(else) string is +substituted. In the second form the var(pattern) is taken to be +negated (even if the tt(EXTENDED_GLOB) option is not set. The +var(else) string with the preceding `tt(^)' may be omitted in which +case the expansion behaves as if var(name) were unset (or, if +var(name) is an array, as if the element compared did not exist). In +the var(pattern) and the var(then) string a `tt(^)' may be included by +preceding it with two backslashes. Finally, the var(then) and +var(else) string may consist of only a dot to make it expand to the +original string. To make them expand to only a dot, the string +`tt(\.)' has to be used. +) item(tt(${#)var(spec)tt(}))( If var(spec) is one of the above substitutions, substitute the length in characters of the result instead of |