Re: Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-27 Thread Kerin Millar
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:28:15 +0700 Victor Pasko wrote: > Let me ask more questions presented in the sent bug2.bash > Look at the following lines: > > *printf -v a_int '%d' "'a" *# very strange syntax here to use char as > integer > echo "echo4 $a_int" # should be 97 at the end All impleme

Re: Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-27 Thread Kerin Millar
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:34:16 +0100 Kerin Millar wrote: > Keep in mind that the Shell Command Language specification requires that > "Default Value" parameter expansion be implemented in the way that it is, and > that there are countless scripts that depend on the status quo. However, the > S

Re: Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-27 Thread Kerin Millar
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:28:15 +0700 Victor Pasko wrote: > See my comments below inline > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:50 AM Kerin Millar wrote: > > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:00:01 +0700 > > Victor Pasko wrote: > > > > > -- Forwarded message - > > > From: Victor Pasko > > > Date:

Re: Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-27 Thread Victor Pasko
See my comments below inline On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:50 AM Kerin Millar wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:00:01 +0700 > Victor Pasko wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message - > > From: Victor Pasko > > Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:57 AM > > Subject: Re: Strange results > > To: Dennis

Re: Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-26 Thread Kerin Millar
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:00:01 +0700 Victor Pasko wrote: > -- Forwarded message - > From: Victor Pasko > Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:57 AM > Subject: Re: Strange results > To: Dennis Williamson > > > > Also > > echo10 ${ASCII_SET:$((-10)):1} This is the "Substring Expansion"

Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-26 Thread Victor Pasko
-- Forwarded message - From: Victor Pasko Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:57 AM Subject: Re: Strange results To: Dennis Williamson Also echo10 ${ASCII_SET:$((-10)):1} and echo11 ${ASCII_SET:-10:1} have different behaviour:( Both of these say "output the character that's 10th

Fwd: Strange results

2023-10-26 Thread Dennis Williamson
-- Forwarded message - From: Dennis Williamson Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Strange results To: Victor Pasko echo "echo11 ${ASCII_SET:-10:1}"echo "echo11 ${ASCII_SET:-10:1}" On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 9:54 AM Victor Pasko wrote: > Hi, > > echo9 u > echo10 u >