On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What am I doing wrong in the function below that accepts the name of a
> variable and an item to be removed and attempts to remove it?
>
> function listrm -a listName item
> set list $$listName
> if set -l index (contains -i $item $list)
> set -eg $listName[$index]
> else
> echo $item was not found in $listName
> end
> end
>
You've made a subtle mistake that is practically a FAQ. See
http://fishshell.com/docs/current/index.html#expand-variable. You want
set -eg $listName[1][$index]
--
Kurtis Rader
Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
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