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Re: Brace expansion from arrays?

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Brace expansion from arrays?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 10:44:24 +0100
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"Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson" wrote:
> In that case, is it too much to ask to reference that in the chapter
> about BRACE EXPANSION in the man page?

Index: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -r1.65 expn.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/expn.yo	9 Apr 2006 21:47:22 -0000	1.65
+++ Doc/Zsh/expn.yo	22 May 2006 09:43:11 -0000
@@ -1140,6 +1140,13 @@
 em(either) of the two expressions does not match; this is to be contrasted
 with tt(*/(foo|bar)), which is treated as a single pattern but otherwise
 has similar effects.
+
+To combine brace expansion with array expansion, see the
+tt(${^)var(spec)tt(}) form described
+ifzman(in the section Parameter Expansion)\
+ifnzman(in noderef(Parameter Expansion))
+above.
+
 texinode(Filename Expansion)(Filename Generation)(Brace Expansion)(Expansion)
 sect(Filename Expansion)
 cindex(filename expansion)

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