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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-29 01:42:18 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2007-10-29 01:42:18 (GMT)
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Next stage of doing GOOBE improvements to documentation now that the html generation works
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: set.n,v 1.7 2006/08/09 10:06:28 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: set.n,v 1.8 2007/10/29 01:42:19 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH set n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ set \- Read and write variables
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBset \fIvarName \fR?\fIvalue\fR?
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Returns the value of variable \fIvarName\fR.
If \fIvalue\fR is specified, then set
the value of \fIvarName\fR to \fIvalue\fR, creating a new variable
-if one doesn't already exist, and return its value.
+if one does not already exist, and return its value.
If \fIvarName\fR contains an open parenthesis and ends with a
close parenthesis, then it refers to an array element: the characters
before the first open parenthesis are the name of the array,
@@ -67,9 +66,7 @@ practice instead of doing double-dereferencing):
\fBset\fR vbl in[expr {rand() >= 0.5}]
\fBset\fR out [\fBset\fR $vbl]
.CE
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
expr(n), global(n), namespace(n), proc(n), trace(n), unset(n), upvar(n), variable(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
read, write, variable