CFEngine Help: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Access single list element

2011-09-05 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Access single list element Author: neilhwatson Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,23356,23357#msg-23357 I agree with you Dan. I did not want to go this way but I was trying to work around a warn only promise that was always

Re: CFEngine Help: Re: Access single list element

2011-09-05 Thread Daniel V. Klein
Neil is correct, of course, but if you start thinking in those terms, then you're still thinking like Cfengine is a programming language, and not a declarative language. Why do you need a particular element of a list? The idea behind lists is that you address all of the elements, either serial

CFEngine Help: Re: Access single list element

2011-09-04 Thread no-reply
Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Access single list element Author: sauer Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,23314,23351#msg-23351 neilhwatson Wrote: --- > Is there a way to access a given element within a > list? In Perl one