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Re: associative array questions

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 7:31 PM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ${(P)list::="tea for two"}
>
> ... and I get the 'command not found: 'tea for  two' ' message.

Well, yes, its a ${...} substitution so it does return a value, which
you then have to do something with.  The usual idiom is the ":"
builtin:

% : ${(P)list::="tea for two"}
%
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