On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Chris Costello wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote:
> > > > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements
> > >
> > > Why? What's wrong with `value)'?
> >
> > Nothing functionally, but I find case statements much easier to read with
> > the extra whitespace.
>
> Would that not cause problems?
Nope. As most things shell it (rightly) ignores the whitespace.
Take a look at this little script to prove it to yourself:
#!/bin/sh
VAR=foo
case $VAR in
foo )
echo "I don't care about whitespace"
;;
foo)
echo "OOoops, guess I do"
;;
esac
VAR='foo '
case $VAR in
foo )
echo "D'oh! I see the whitespace in the variable"
;;
foo)
echo "D'oh! I don't see the whitespace in the variable"
;;
'foo ' )
echo "I see what I am supposed to see"
;;
esac
Doug
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