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diff --git a/doc/lindex.n b/doc/lindex.n index eba3cc3..d3b85b2 100644 --- a/doc/lindex.n +++ b/doc/lindex.n @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: lindex.n,v 1.9 2005/04/06 20:55:23 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: lindex.n,v 1.10 2005/04/29 20:49:43 dgp Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH lindex n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ 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, and \fBend\-\fIinteger\fR refers to the last element in -the list minus the specified integer offset. +.VS 8.5 +The interpretation of each simple \fIindex\fR value is the same as +for the command \fBstring index\fR, supporting simple index +arithmetic and indices relative to the end of the list. +.VE 8.5 .PP If additional \fIindex\fR arguments are supplied, then each argument is used in turn to select an element from the previous indexing operation, @@ -79,7 +81,10 @@ lindex [lindex [lindex $a 1] 2] 3 .CE .SH "SEE ALSO" list(n), lappend(n), linsert(n), llength(n), lsearch(n), -lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n) +lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n), +.VS 8.5 +string(n) +.VE .SH KEYWORDS element, index, list |