Re: Strange bug with or without quotes

Klaus Ethgen <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Apr 2026 12:44:26 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.shells.zsh.devel,gmane.comp.shells.zsh.user
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Hi,

Am So den  5. Apr 2026 um 12:36 schrieb Mikael Magnusson:
> > Assume:
> > local -a pcomps=('bzip2' 'lzip')
> >
> > Now try to keep matching parts:
> > echo "${(M)pcomps:#bzip2}" # -> ""
> > echo ${(M)pcomps:#bzip2}   # -> "bzip2"
> 
> an array in double quoted context will be joined by spaces, the
> following will do what you want:
> % echo "${(M@)pcomps:#bzip2}"
> bzip2

Well, I expected that and it should not matter in that situation as the
value "bzip2" is the only remaining value in the array so when joined
should be still _not_ "" (empty)

Regards
   Klaus
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