# $NetBSD: varmod-to-separator.mk,v 1.3 2020/08/31 19:58:21 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the :ts variable modifier, which joins the words of the variable # using an arbitrary character as word separator. WORDS= one two three four five six # The words are separated by a single space, just as usual. .if ${WORDS:ts } != "one two three four five six" . warning Space as separator does not work. .endif # The separator can be an arbitrary character, for example a comma. .if ${WORDS:ts,} != "one,two,three,four,five,six" . warning Comma as separator does not work. .endif # After the :ts modifier, other modifiers can follow. .if ${WORDS:ts/:tu} != "ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX" . warning Chaining modifiers does not work. .endif # To use the ':' as the separator, just write it normally. # The first colon is the separator, the second ends the modifier. .if ${WORDS:ts::tu} != "ONE:TWO:THREE:FOUR:FIVE:SIX" . warning Colon as separator does not work. .endif # When there is just a colon but no other character, the words are # "separated" by an empty string, that is, they are all squashed # together. .if ${WORDS:ts:tu} != "ONETWOTHREEFOURFIVESIX" . warning Colon as separator does not work. .endif # Applying the :tu modifier first and then the :ts modifier does not change # anything since neither of these modifiers is related to how the string is # split into words. Beware of separating the words using a single or double # quote though, or other special characters like dollar or backslash. # # This example also demonstrates that the closing brace is not interpreted # as a separator, but as the closing delimiter of the whole variable # expression. .if ${WORDS:tu:ts} != "ONETWOTHREEFOURFIVESIX" . warning Colon as separator does not work. .endif # The '}' plays the same role as the ':' in the preceding examples. # Since there is a single character before it, that character is taken as # the separator. .if ${WORDS:tu:ts/} != "ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX" . warning Colon as separator does not work. .endif # Now it gets interesting and ambiguous: The separator could either be empty # since it is followed by a colon. Or it could be the colon since that # colon is followed by the closing brace. It's the latter case. .if ${WORDS:ts:} != "one:two:three:four:five:six" . warning Colon followed by closing brace does not work. .endif # As in the ${WORDS:tu:ts} example above, the separator is empty. .if ${WORDS:ts} != "onetwothreefourfivesix" . warning Empty separator before closing brace does not work. .endif # The :ts modifier can be followed by other modifiers. .if ${WORDS:ts:S/two/2/} != "one2threefourfivesix" . warning Separator followed by :S modifier does not work. .endif # The :ts modifier can follow other modifiers. .if ${WORDS:S/two/2/:ts} != "one2threefourfivesix" . warning :S modifier followed by :ts modifier does not work. .endif # The :ts modifier with an actual separator can be followed by other # modifiers. .if ${WORDS:ts/:S/two/2/} != "one/2/three/four/five/six" . warning The :ts modifier followed by an :S modifier does not work. .endif # The separator can be \n, which is a newline. .if ${WORDS:[1..3]:ts\n} != "one${.newline}two${.newline}three" . warning The separator \n does not produce a newline. .endif # The separator can be \t, which is a tab. .if ${WORDS:[1..3]:ts\t} != "one two three" . warning The separator \t does not produce a tab. .endif # The separator can be given as octal number. .if ${WORDS:[1..3]:ts\012:tu} != "ONE${.newline}TWO${.newline}THREE" . warning The separator \012 is not interpreted in octal ASCII. .endif # The separator can be given as hexadecimal number. .if ${WORDS:[1..3]:ts\xa:tu} != "ONE${.newline}TWO${.newline}THREE" . warning The separator \xa is not interpreted in hexadecimal ASCII. .endif # In the :t modifier, the :t must be followed by any of A, l, s, u. .if ${WORDS:tx} != "anything" . info This line is not reached because of the malformed condition. . info If this line were reached, it would be visible in the -dcpv log. .endif .info Parsing continues here. # After the backslash, only n, t, an octal number, or x and a hexadecimal # number are allowed. .if ${WORDS:t\X} != "anything" . info This line is not reached. .endif .info Parsing continues here. all: @:;