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    From rene@user4652@newsgrouper.org.invalid to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Sep 19 11:49:19 2025
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    Hello

    Why do I get in tcl 9.0 the following results?

    set l {1 2 3}
    1 2 3
    foreach a $l {puts =$a}
    =1
    =2
    =3
    < foreach a {*}$l {puts =$a}
    =1
    foreach a {*}{1 2 3} {puts =$a}
    =1


    Regards
    rene
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  • From Rolf Ade@rolf@pointsman.de to comp.lang.tcl on Fri Sep 19 14:14:31 2025
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    rene <user4652@newsgrouper.org.invalid> writes:
    Why do I get in tcl 9.0 the following results?

    set l {1 2 3}
    1 2 3
    foreach a $l {puts =$a}
    =1
    =2
    =3
    < foreach a {*}$l {puts =$a}
    =1
    foreach a {*}{1 2 3} {puts =$a}
    =1

    It is the expected result (for 9.0 as well as for 8.6).

    Try

    foreach a 1 2 3 {
    puts "=$a"
    puts "=$2"
    }

    This is the foreach synopis

    foreach varlist1 list1 ?varlist2 list2 ...? body

    varlist1 is "a", list1 is "1", varlist2 is "2" and list2 is "3"

    rolf
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  • From rene@user4652@newsgrouper.org.invalid to comp.lang.tcl on Mon Sep 22 05:44:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl


    Rolf Ade <rolf@pointsman.de> posted:
    Thanks Rolf

    rene <user4652@newsgrouper.org.invalid> writes:
    Why do I get in tcl 9.0 the following results?

    set l {1 2 3}
    1 2 3
    foreach a $l {puts =$a}
    =1
    =2
    =3
    < foreach a {*}$l {puts =$a}
    =1
    foreach a {*}{1 2 3} {puts =$a}
    =1

    It is the expected result (for 9.0 as well as for 8.6).

    Try

    foreach a 1 2 3 {
    puts "=$a"
    puts "=$2"
    }

    This is the foreach synopis

    foreach varlist1 list1 ?varlist2 list2 ...? body

    varlist1 is "a", list1 is "1", varlist2 is "2" and list2 is "3"

    rolf
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