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diff --git a/doc/case.n b/doc/case.n deleted file mode 100644 index c48d634..0000000 --- a/doc/case.n +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -'\" -'\" 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. -'\" -.TH case n 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" -.so man.macros -.BS -'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! -.SH NAME -case \- Evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value -.SH SYNOPSIS -\fBcase\fI string \fR?\fBin\fR? \fIpatList body \fR?\fIpatList body \fR...? -.sp -\fBcase\fI string \fR?\fBin\fR? {\fIpatList body \fR?\fIpatList body \fR...?} -.BE - -.SH DESCRIPTION -.PP -\fINote: the \fBcase\fI command is obsolete and is supported only -for backward compatibility. At some point in the future it may be -removed entirely. You should use the \fBswitch\fI command instead.\fR -.PP -The \fBcase\fR command matches \fIstring\fR against each of -the \fIpatList\fR arguments in order. -Each \fIpatList\fR argument is a list of one or -more patterns. If any of these patterns matches \fIstring\fR then -\fBcase\fR evaluates the following \fIbody\fR argument -by passing it recursively to the Tcl interpreter and returns the result -of that evaluation. -Each \fIpatList\fR argument consists of a single -pattern or list of patterns. Each pattern may contain any of the wild-cards -described under \fBstring match\fR. If a \fIpatList\fR -argument is \fBdefault\fR, the corresponding body will be evaluated -if no \fIpatList\fR matches \fIstring\fR. If no \fIpatList\fR argument -matches \fIstring\fR and no default is given, then the \fBcase\fR -command returns an empty string. -.PP -Two syntaxes are provided for the \fIpatList\fR and \fIbody\fR arguments. -The first uses a separate argument for each of the patterns and commands; -this form is convenient if substitutions are desired on some of the -patterns or commands. -The second form places all of the patterns and commands together into -a single argument; the argument must have proper list structure, with -the elements of the list being the patterns and commands. -The second form makes it easy to construct multi-line case commands, -since the braces around the whole list make it unnecessary to include a -backslash at the end of each line. -Since the \fIpatList\fR arguments are in braces in the second form, -no command or variable substitutions are performed on them; this makes -the behavior of the second form different than the first form in some -cases. - -.SH "SEE ALSO" -switch(n) - -.SH KEYWORDS -case, match, regular expression |