From 22be5868436f640d0f76bbfc2d8c7ab54c4e3b10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikael Magnusson Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 06:22:56 +0200 Subject: 32985: Add NEWS entry for array zipping operators. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ NEWS | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7b955aa47..717ed5f62 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-08-12 Mikael Magnusson + + * 32985: NEWS: Add NEWS entry for array zipping operators. + 2014-08-12 Peter Stephenson * Axel Beckert: 32975, 32984: Doc/Zsh/Makefile.in: texi2html.conf diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cde1e7c0d..c21149aab 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ second; by default milliseconds are shown, but the number of digits may be indicated from 1 to 6, e.g. "%6.". (Note this is part of the extensions to strftime() formats rather than basic prompt escapes.) +The operators :^ and :^^ in parameter substitution allow for array +zipping in the form ${name:^array}. With the :^ operator, all entries +in $name and $array will be output in alternating order. With :^ the +longer array is trimmed whereas the :^^ operator repeats the shorter +array enough to match the longer array. Changes between 4.2 and 5.0.0 ----------------------------- -- cgit 1.4.1