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Re: indirect array element assignment?

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Anthony Heading <ajrh@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: indirect array element assignment?
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 11:23:36 -0700
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On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 11:13 AM Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The syntax, if it worked, would be ${(P)v[3]::=cherry}

I'm sorry, I just realized that's wrong.  $v is a scalar, so v[3] is
the letter "u" (third character of "fruits") and this assigns to the
variable $u.

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- indirect array element assignment?
  - From: Anthony Heading
- Re: indirect array element assignment?
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