Re: Re[2]: why not promote the plague ? (brace|rc|alternative|modern) syntax

Mikael Magnusson <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:44:34 +0100

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On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM Mark J. Reed <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 3:11 PM Vadim Zeitlin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>  But I think it would make sense to add that there is also the
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>>         for var in val1 val2 val3; command
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>> syntax which is not covered by any of the options above,
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> Thanks, I did overlook that. It is valid only with SHORT_LOOPS set, and is the only way I know of to use in without also using do.

You can actually mix and match the syntaxes (even without short_loops),
% for var in val1 val2 val3; { echo $var }
val1
val2
val3
% for var (val{1..3}); do echo $var; done
val1
val2
val3

etc. But I probably wouldn't recommend it.

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Mikael Magnusson