On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 12:14:51PM +0000, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
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> Am Mi., 02.Aug..2023 um 13:45:26 schrieb Peter N. M. Hansteen:
> > 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).
>
> Yes, that is it. It is considered octal notation.
And here is the proof:
$ echo ${test[010]}
i
