%% "Yanghui Bian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
yb> blocks := a b
yb> a_property := 0 1 2 3
yb> b_property := 2 3 8 9
yb> How can I get a list of property in the first column for the all
yb> the blocks?
yb> I try to use the foreach as below:
yb> block_properties := $(foreach block, $(blocks), $(block)_property)
Not quite. $(block)_property expands to the _names_ of the variables;
so the result will be:
a_property b_property
You want to expand to the _values_ of those variables, so you need an
extra variable reference:
block_properties := $(foreach block, $(blocks), $($(block)_property))
^^ ^
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