On 29/11/13 15:13, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> Off-off topic for Debian User lists.
>
> On 29/11/13 14:42, Albretch Mueller wrote:
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>> SavedIFS="$IFS"
>
> Hu-uh?
[slaps head]
My bad. You're storing the value of built-in variable, not as I
foolishly 'thought', a custom variable.
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>> IFS=":"
>
Line feed now set to ":"
>
>> _dpvals_arr=( $_DT ) # date place values
>
> Can I suggest a one line solution to this? - all that bizarre
> contortionism could be avoided with:-
> _dpvals_arr=$(date +Y)
>
> Unless your point was *not* to make $_dpvals_arr == 2013
> You do have a point right?
It still doesn't change the value you're working with which is the year.
>
>
>> echo "// __ total numbers: ${#_dpvals_arr[@]}"
>
> 2+0+1+3=6
>
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>
> Can't help you.
>
>
> Regards
>
Still, hopelessly confused by what you're doing and what you want to
achieve.
Kind, but dazed and confused, regards.
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