Re: feature request: ${ regex s expander, and multiple expandrs inside one

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

i actually hope for also replacement code that can use regex grouped data

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:13 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 2/5/21 3:29 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> > ..
> >
> > var=mynewfoo
> > printf ${var~~n[^f]+}
> >   ->
> >       myfoo
>
> So you want to remove portions of a variable's value that match a regex?
>
> > and also multiple expanders inside one statement would greatly speed up
> > processment and also fulfill old greatly coding wanting possibilities
>
> No. This has come up before; it's very hard to keep it coherent and not
> worth the implementation complexity.
>
>
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