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@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: switch.n,v 1.8 2004/10/27 14:24:37 dkf Exp $
-'\"
+.TH switch n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.so man.macros
-.TH switch n 7.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ switch \- Evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value
.sp
\fBswitch \fR?\fIoptions\fR?\fI string \fR{\fIpattern body \fR?\fIpattern body \fR...?}
.BE
-
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fBswitch\fR command matches its \fIstring\fR argument against each of
@@ -33,25 +30,34 @@ matches \fIstring\fR and no default is given, then the \fBswitch\fR
command returns an empty string.
.PP
If the initial arguments to \fBswitch\fR start with \fB\-\fR then
-they are treated as options. The following options are
-currently supported:
+they are treated as options
+unless there are exactly two arguments to \fBswitch\fR (in which case the
+first must the \fIstring\fR and the second must be the
+\fIpattern\fR/\fIbody\fR list).
+The following options are currently supported:
.TP 10
\fB\-exact\fR
+.
Use exact matching when comparing \fIstring\fR to a pattern. This
is the default.
.TP 10
\fB\-glob\fR
+.
When matching \fIstring\fR to the patterns, use glob-style matching
(i.e. the same as implemented by the \fBstring match\fR command).
.TP 10
\fB\-regexp\fR
+.
When matching \fIstring\fR to the patterns, use regular
expression matching
(as described in the \fBre_syntax\fR reference page).
-'\" Options defined by TIP#75
-.VS 8.5
+.TP 10
+\fB\-nocase\fR
+.
+Causes comparisons to be handled in a case-insensitive manner.
.TP 10
\fB\-matchvar\fR \fIvarName\fR
+.
This option (only legal when \fB\-regexp\fR is also specified)
specifies the name of a variable into which the list of matches
found by the regular expression engine will be written. The first
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ empty list written to it. This option may be specified at the same
time as the \fB\-indexvar\fR option.
.TP 10
\fB\-indexvar\fR \fIvarName\fR
+.
This option (only legal when \fB\-regexp\fR is also specified)
specifies the name of a variable into which the list of indices
referring to matching substrings
@@ -78,11 +85,13 @@ capturing parenthesis in the regular expression that matched, and so
on. When a \fBdefault\fR branch is taken, the variable will have the
empty list written to it. This option may be specified at the same
time as the \fB\-matchvar\fR option.
-.VE 8.5
.TP 10
\fB\-\|\-\fR
+.
Marks the end of options. The argument following this one will
be treated as \fIstring\fR even if it starts with a \fB\-\fR.
+This is not required when the matching patterns and bodies are grouped
+together in a single argument.
.PP
Two syntaxes are provided for the \fIpattern\fR and \fIbody\fR arguments.
The first uses a separate argument for each of the patterns and commands;
@@ -99,9 +108,12 @@ 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.
.PP
-If a \fIbody\fR is specified as ``\fB\-\fR'' it means that the \fIbody\fR
+If a \fIbody\fR is specified as
+.QW \fB\-\fR
+it means that the \fIbody\fR
for the next pattern should also be used as the body for this
-pattern (if the next pattern also has a body of ``\fB\-\fR''
+pattern (if the next pattern also has a body of
+.QW \fB\-\fR
then the body after that is used, and so on).
This feature makes it possible to share a single \fIbody\fR among
several patterns.
@@ -110,61 +122,65 @@ Beware of how you place comments in \fBswitch\fR commands. Comments
should only be placed \fBinside\fR the execution body of one of the
patterns, and not intermingled with the patterns.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.PP
The \fBswitch\fR command can match against variables and not just
literals, as shown here (the result is \fI2\fR):
+.PP
.CS
set foo "abc"
-\fBswitch\fR abc a \- b {expr 1} $foo {expr 2} default {expr 3}
+\fBswitch\fR abc a \- b {expr {1}} $foo {expr {2}} default {expr {3}}
.CE
.PP
Using glob matching and the fall-through body is an alternative to
writing regular expressions with alternations, as can be seen here
(this returns \fI1\fR):
+.PP
.CS
\fBswitch\fR \-glob aaab {
- a*b \-
- b {expr 1}
- a* {expr 2}
- default {expr 3}
+ a*b \-
+ b {expr {1}}
+ a* {expr {2}}
+ default {expr {3}}
}
.CE
.PP
Whenever nothing matches, the \fBdefault\fR clause (which must be
last) is taken. This example has a result of \fI3\fR:
+.PP
.CS
\fBswitch\fR xyz {
- a \-
- b {
- # Correct Comment Placement
- expr 1
- }
- c {
- expr 2
- }
- default {
- expr 3
- }
+ a \-
+ b {
+ # Correct Comment Placement
+ expr {1}
+ }
+ c {
+ expr {2}
+ }
+ default {
+ expr {3}
+ }
}
.CE
.PP
-.VS 8.5
When matching against regular expressions, information about what
exactly matched is easily obtained using the \fB\-matchvar\fR option:
+.PP
.CS
-\fBswitch\fR -regexp -matchvar foo -- $bar {
- a(b*)c {
- puts "Found [string length [lindex $foo 1]] 'b's"
- }
- d(e*)f(g*)h {
- puts "Found [string length [lindex $foo 1]] 'e's and\\
- [string length [lindex $foo 2]] 'g's"
- }
+\fBswitch\fR \-regexp \-matchvar foo \-\- $bar {
+ a(b*)c {
+ puts "Found [string length [lindex $foo 1]] 'b's"
+ }
+ d(e*)f(g*)h {
+ puts "Found [string length [lindex $foo 1]] 'e's and\e
+ [string length [lindex $foo 2]] 'g's"
+ }
}
.CE
-.VE 8.5
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
for(n), if(n), regexp(n)
-
.SH KEYWORDS
switch, match, regular expression
+.\" Local Variables:
+.\" mode: nroff
+.\" End: