lassign(1tcl)
lassign --
assign successive elements of a list to specified variables
Synopsis
lassign list var [var ...]
Description
Assigns successive elements of a list to specified variables.
If there are more variable
names than fields, the remaining variables are set to the
empty string. If there are more elements than variables, a list of the
unassigned elements is returned.
For example,
lassign {dave 100 200 {Dave Foo}} name uid gid longName
assigns name to ``dave'', uid to ``100'', gid
to ``200'', and longName to ``Dave Foo''.
25 April 2004
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004