Re: Use of $@

[alex xmb ratchev]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 2:43 PM Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:35:13AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:23:09AM -0500, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> > > > Can anyone spot what's wrong?
> > >
> > > l()
> > > {
> > >   declare i=1 s=$1
> > >   shift
> > >   while (( ++i <= $# ))
> > >   do
> > >     [[ ${!i} == "$s" ]] &&
> > >       printf $i\\n && return
> > >   done
> > > }
> >
> > You're starting with element 2, *after* having already shifted.
>
> Also, your return won't happen if your printf fails for any reason.
> That may be a highly theoretical situation, but not impossible.  Either
> use "if" like a normal person, or use { printf...; return; } to force
> the return to occur even if printf fails.
>

i agree .. both for later versions
thanks .. greets ..

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