From 1897a361bf68faf47c5d5d0fa662127cbf5c2c95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:07:51 +0000 Subject: 15030: multi-parameter `for' loops --- Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo index df5bb8581..30ea060bd 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo @@ -149,12 +149,21 @@ If each tt(elif) var(list) returns nonzero, the tt(else) var(list) is executed. findex(for) cindex(for loops) cindex(loops, for) -item(tt(for) var(name) [ tt(in) var(word) ... var(term) ] tt(do) var(list) tt(done))( +item(tt(for) var(name) ... [ tt(in) var(word) ... ] var(term) tt(do) var(list) tt(done))( where var(term) is at least one newline or tt(;). Expand the list of var(word)s, and set the parameter var(name) to each of them in turn, executing var(list) each time. If the tt(in) var(word) is omitted, use the positional parameters instead of the var(word)s. + +More than one parameter var(name) can appear before the list of +var(word)s. If var(N) var(name)s are given, then on each execution of the +loop the next tt(N) var(word)s are assigned to the corresponding +parameters. If there are more var(name)s than remaining var(word)s, the +remaining parameters are each set to the empty string. Execution of the +loop ends when there is no remaining var(word) to assign to the first +var(name). It is only possible for tt(in) to appear as the first var(name) +in the list, else it will be treated as marking the end of the list. ) item(tt(for LPAR()LPAR()) [var(expr1)] tt(;) [var(expr2)] tt(;) [var(expr3)] tt(RPAR()RPAR() do) var(list) tt(done))( The arithmetic expression var(expr1) is evaluated first (see @@ -289,17 +298,17 @@ does em(not), since the test is not suitably delimited. item(tt(if) var(list) var(sublist))( A short form of the alternate `if'. ) -item(tt(for) var(name) tt(LPAR()) var(word) ... tt(RPAR()) var(sublist))( +item(tt(for) var(name) ... tt(LPAR()) var(word) ... tt(RPAR()) var(sublist))( A short form of tt(for). ) -item(tt(for) var(name) [ tt(in) var(word) ... var(term) ] var(sublist))( +item(tt(for) var(name) ... [ tt(in) var(word) ... ] var(term) var(sublist))( where var(term) is at least one newline or tt(;). Another short form of tt(for). ) item(tt(for LPAR()LPAR()) [var(expr1)] tt(;) [var(expr2)] tt(;) [var(expr3)] tt(RPAR()RPAR()) var(sublist))( A short form of the arithmetic tt(for) command. ) -item(tt(foreach) var(name) tt(LPAR()) var(word) ... tt(RPAR()) var(list) tt(end))( +item(tt(foreach) var(name) ... tt(LPAR()) var(word) ... tt(RPAR()) var(list) tt(end))( Another form of tt(for). ) item(tt(while) var(list) tt({) var(list) tt(}))( -- cgit 1.4.1