--- /dev/null
+echo "X:Y:Z:" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "X:Y:Z" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "X:Y:" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "X:Y" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "X:" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "X" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo "" | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
+echo Whitespace should be trimmed too:
+echo "X:Y : " | (IFS=": " read x y; echo "|$x|$y|")
if (argv[0]) {
/* Remove trailing space $IFS chars */
- while (--bufpos >= 0 && isspace(buffer[bufpos]) && strchr(ifs, buffer[bufpos]) != NULL)
+ while (--bufpos >= 0
+ && isspace(buffer[bufpos])
+ && strchr(ifs, buffer[bufpos]) != NULL
+ ) {
continue;
+ }
buffer[bufpos + 1] = '\0';
+
+ /* Last variable takes the entire remainder with delimiters
+ * (sans trailing whitespace $IFS),
+ * but ***only "if there are fewer vars than fields"(c)***!
+ * The "X:Y:" case below: there are two fields,
+ * and therefore last delimiter (:) is eaten:
+ * IFS=": "
+ * echo "X:Y:Z:" | (read x y; echo "|$x|$y|") # |X|Y:Z:|
+ * echo "X:Y:Z" | (read x y; echo "|$x|$y|") # |X|Y:Z|
+ * echo "X:Y:" | (read x y; echo "|$x|$y|") # |X|Y|, not |X|Y:|
+ * echo "X:Y : " | (read x y; echo "|$x|$y|") # |X|Y|
+ */
+ if (bufpos >= 0
+ && strchr(ifs, buffer[bufpos]) != NULL
+ ) {
+ /* There _is_ a non-whitespace IFS char */
+ /* Skip whitespace IFS char before it */
+ while (--bufpos >= 0
+ && isspace(buffer[bufpos])
+ && strchr(ifs, buffer[bufpos]) != NULL
+ ) {
+ continue;
+ }
+ /* Are there $IFS chars? */
+ if (strcspn(buffer, ifs) >= ++bufpos) {
+ /* No: last var takes one field, not more */
+ /* So, drop trailing IFS delims */
+ buffer[bufpos] = '\0';
+ }
+ }
+
/* Use the remainder as a value for the next variable */
setvar(*argv, buffer);
/* Set the rest to "" */