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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index cc87ebe6f..f48616580 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -960,6 +960,17 @@ separator var(string). Note that a var(string) of two or more characters means that all of them must match in sequence; this differs from the treatment of two or more characters in the tt(IFS) parameter. See also the tt(=) flag and the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option. + +For historical reasons, the usual behaviour that empty array elements +are retained inside double quotes is disabled for arrays generated +by splitting; hence the following: + +example(line="one::three" +print -l "${(s.:.)line}") + +produces two lines of output for tt(one) and tt(three) and elides the +empty field. To override this behaviour, supply the "(@)" flag as well, +i.e. tt("${(@s.:.)line}"). ) enditem() |