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author | rjohnson <rjohnson@noemail.net> | 1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/lindex.n b/doc/lindex.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf0979c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/lindex.n @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) lindex.n 1.8 96/08/26 13:00:02 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH lindex n 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +lindex \- Retrieve an element from a list +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBlindex \fIlist index\fR +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +This command treats \fIlist\fR as a Tcl list and returns the +\fIindex\fR'th element from it (0 refers to the first element of the list). +In extracting the element, \fIlindex\fR observes the same rules +concerning braces and quotes and backslashes as the Tcl command +interpreter; however, variable +substitution and command substitution do not occur. +If \fIindex\fR is negative or greater than or equal to the number +of elements in \fIvalue\fR, then an empty +string is returned. +If \fIindex\fR has the value \fBend\fR, it refers to the last element +in the list. + +.SH KEYWORDS +element, index, list |