Re: code not working ..

[alex xmb sw ratchev]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024, 1:14 AM Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 00:25:15 +0200, alex xmb sw ratchev wrote:
> > i got in a script
> >
> > ca=( "$@" )
> >   checkarg() {
>  !
> > (( $# )) &&
> > return 1
> > local IFS=$'\xff \t\n' i a
> > i=${IFS:0:1}
> >  for a ; do
> > [[ ${ca[*]//"$i"/'^^'} == @(#|"$i")@("$a")@(%|"$i") ]] ||
> > return 1
> >  done
> > return 0
> >   }
> >
> > checkarg 1 &&
> > exit
>
> This function should return 1 immediately if you give it any arguments.
> The function you pasted into this email is not the same one you're running.
>

gmail client stripped the ! sign away it seems to me
i send full script

> -- the script runs , but at checkarg 1 ( 1 is first and only arg to script
> > ) fails at the [[ , not returning 0
> >
> > -x says
> >
> > + ca=("$@")
> > + checkarg 1
> > + ((  1  ))
> > + local 'IFS=�
> > ' i a
> > + i=$'\377'
> > + for a in "$@"
> > + [[ 1 == @(#|\�)@(\1)@(%|\�) ]]
> > + return 1
> >
> > but why doesnt it return null ?
>
> Assuming that the function you executed actually has
>
>     (( $# )) || return 1
>
> instead of
>
>     (( $# )) && return 1
>

sorry just gmail version .. code goes ! (( ..
btw at -x u'd see the [[ gets run
eg it didnt return 1 on $?

you are trying to match the string "1" against a pattern whose first
> character must be "#" or $'\xff', and "1" is not either of these.  So
> it doesn't match the pattern.
>

i thought in extglob there is # and %
after thinking long i think i got the solution
hmm nah i didnt get it

What happens from there is anyone's guess, because you aren't showing
> us the right function.
>

its actual code and -x from it
just weird the ! sign went away

> its supposed to do : ( argslist , with arg '1' as check )
> > args list , flat , xff separator , with inside occurrence of xff
> > ==
> > @(either beginning of whole || or xff )
>
> Why do you believe that the "#" character is "beginning of whole"?
> It's not.
>
> Glob patterns are always anchored, similar to a regex with ^ at the
> start and $ at the end.  You don't need to put # in to serve as an
> anchor.  If you put # there, it's just a plain, literal character
> that has to be matched.
>

hmm hard to code an args check like this ..

> is xff 377 ?
>
> \xff is \0377.  They are both encodings of a byte where every bit is 1.
>
>

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