08-15-2007
problem extracting substring in korn shell
hi all, I have read similiar topics in this board, but i didn' t find the posting which is the same with the problem i face.. I try to extract string from the end. i try to do this:
num=abcdefghij
num2=${num:-5}
echo $num2 #this should print the last 5 characters (fghij)
but it doesn;t work.. the error message appears: 0403-011 The specified substitution is not valid for this command.
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classkit_method_add
CLASSKIT_METHOD_ADD(3) 1 CLASSKIT_METHOD_ADD(3)
classkit_method_add - Dynamically adds a new method to a given class
SYNOPSIS
bool classkit_method_add (string $classname, string $methodname, string $args, string $code, [int $flags = CLASSKIT_ACC_PUBLIC])
DESCRIPTION
Warning
This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in
a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.
PARAMETERS
o $classname
- The class to which this method will be added
o $methodname
- The name of the method to add
o $args
- Comma-delimited list of arguments for the newly-created method
o $code
- The code to be evaluated when $methodname is called
o $flags
- The type of method to create, can be CLASSKIT_ACC_PUBLIC, CLASSKIT_ACC_PROTECTED or CLASSKIT_ACC_PRIVATE
Note
This parameter is only used as of PHP 5, because, prior to this, all methods were public.
RETURN VALUES
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EXAMPLES
Example #1
classkit_method_add(3) example
<?php
class Example {
function foo() {
echo "foo!
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}
}
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