Re: Ksh

Am I missing something, or could the select be translated to:


foreach $varname (@list)
{
  whatever
}
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Or do I need to drink better coffee in the mornings?

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Comment on Re: Ksh Download Code

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Re: Re: Ksh by ash (Monk) on Aug 02, 2002 at 15:19 UTC
:) I think you should lay off the DMT -- Ash/asksh <ask@unixmonks.net>	[reply]
Re: Re: Ksh by yumpy (Sexton) on Sep 05, 2002 at 18:20 UTC
As a matter of fact, you're only missing one thing -- the whole point! The foreach loop loads each list element into $varname. In contrast, the select loop interactively asks the user which element should be loaded for the next iteration! As you can see, these are totally different in behavior, despite the only visible difference being the change from the keyword foreach to select. Tim Maher tim@teachmeperl.com	[reply]