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   "A+B+C+D+E"

I'd like to be able to do a for in loop on "A B C D E".  Is there an
easy way to convert:

VAR="A+B+C+D+E" into

VAR="A B C D E"

from within the script?  Is there a way to do it in one line?

/--------------------------------------------------------------------\
|   A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!"                      |
|   "However," replied the Universe,                                 |
|   "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."          |
|                                -- Stephen Crane                    |
\--------------------------------------------------------------------/    
 Visit my World Wide Web home page at:                              
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Forget csh.  Here how to do it in sh:

_ifs=$IFS
IFS=+$IFS

eval VAR=\'$VAR\'       # Now $VAR == "A B C D E"

IFS=$_ifs

or, if you're only interested in splitting for the sake of the for loop:

_ifs=$IFS
IFS=+$IFS

for i in $VAR
do
     # $i loops through $VAR elements
done

IFS=$_ifs

   ~~h

    setenv VAR `echo $VAR | tr "+" " "`

---

set aa='A+B+C+D+E'
set bb="`echo $aa | sed 's/+/ /g'`"
echo $aa $bb

I test it and it works properly.

           o          
  ~~~~  /-/-/   ~~~~   >>--->  LIFE GOES ON
        _/\
           1
  -----------------

  -----------------

To replace +'s in VAR with spaces in C sh, use:

   set VAR=`echo $VAR | sed 's/+/ /g'`

--
Praveen Puri
Common Install Group
Motorola
"Have sh, will travel"

:    "A+B+C+D+E"

: I'd like to be able to do a for in loop on "A B C D E".  Is there an
: easy way to convert:

: VAR="A+B+C+D+E" into

: VAR="A B C D E"

: from within the script?  Is there a way to do it in one line?

Here's a ksh way to do it.  It requires more than one line, but it is faster
than using tr or sed.  Change print to echo if using /bin/sh.

X='A+B+C+D+E'
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=+
for Y in $X
do
        print $Y
done
IFS=$OLDIFS

Beirne

: /--------------------------------------------------------------------\
: |   A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!"                      |
: |   "However," replied the Universe,                                 |
: |   "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."          |
: |                                -- Stephen Crane                    |
: \--------------------------------------------------------------------/    
:  Visit my World Wide Web home page at:                              
:        <A HREF="http://www.clark.net/pub/alweiner/cgi-bin/homepage.html">Alan's Home Page</A>
:                                                                    

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: I'd like to be able to do a for in loop on "A B C D E".  Is there an
: easy way to convert:

: VAR="A+B+C+D+E" into

: VAR="A B C D E"

Use:

  set VAR=`echo $VAR | sed 's/\+/ /g'`

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  set VAR=`echo $var | tr '+' ' '`

Cheers
Tony
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