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diff --git a/doc/lassign.n b/doc/lassign.n index b791feb..f09acfc 100644 --- a/doc/lassign.n +++ b/doc/lassign.n @@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ .SH NAME lassign \- Assign list elements to variables .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBlassign \fIlist varName \fR?\fIvarName ...\fR? +\fBlassign \fIlist \fR?\fIvarName ...\fR? .BE - .SH DESCRIPTION .PP This command treats the value \fIlist\fR as a list and assigns @@ -24,8 +23,10 @@ than list elements, the remaining variables are set to the empty string. If there are more list elements than variables, a list of unassigned elements is returned. .SH EXAMPLES +.PP An illustration of how multiple assignment works, and what happens when there are either too few or too many elements. +.PP .CS lassign {a b c} x y z ;# Empty return puts $x ;# Prints "a" @@ -41,15 +42,19 @@ lassign {f g h i} x y ;# Returns "h i" puts $x ;# Prints "f" puts $y ;# Prints "g" .CE +.PP The \fBlassign\fR command has other uses. It can be used to create the analogue of the .QW shift command in many shell languages like this: +.PP .CS set ::argv [lassign $::argv argumentToReadOff] .CE .SH "SEE ALSO" lindex(n), list(n), lset(n), set(n) - .SH KEYWORDS assign, element, list, multiple, set, variable +'\"Local Variables: +'\"mode: nroff +'\"End: |