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From: nose@nbires.UUCP (Steve Dunn)
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Subject: More C-shell weirdness [Another word count problem]
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Date: Mon, 31-Mar-86 17:02:35 EST
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And now for another issue of "Can you explain this" from
whinin' Steve Dunn.

This:
set a = ''
set a = ($a '')
echo $#a

Yields 1

But this:

set a = ('' '')
echo $#a

Yields 2

This curious behavior has not actually caused me any trouble but I
am a bit puzzled


	         -Steve "Grep-face" Dunn