On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 11:35:39AM +0000, Ioan Samarul wrote:
> Can you please tell me if this is a bug or it is considered normal?
>
> $ set -A test a b c d e f g h i
> $ echo ${test[07]}
> h
> $ echo ${test[08]}
> ksh: 08: bad number `08'
> $ echo ${test[8]}
> i
I strongly suspect you stumbled on to a case of the old convention "numerals
with
leading zeroes are interpreted as octal notation" (but do check the underlying
code to make sure).
- Peter
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