[Feature Request] cast command output to array

[kilianc]

main {
  let files = $ls ../$? as [Text]

  loop index, file in files {
    echo "{index}: {file}"
  }
}

[Ph0enixKM]

As of right now (Amber alpha 0.31) this unfortunately does not cast properly due to the way Bash handles arrays. I'll write a simple standard library function that does just what you want to accomplish. Stay tuned

[Ph0enixKM]

Added, @kilianc 🙏. In order to use this function you have to uninstall and install amber again. Here is the usage:

import { lines } from "std"

main {
  let files = $ls ../$?

  loop index, file in lines(files) {
    echo "{index}: {file}"
  }
}

[kilianc]

I simply downloaded the binary because I don't like to run scripts on my machine, would a redownload do it?

[Ph0enixKM]

@kilianc I just reuploaded the binaries. You can now reinstall amber the manual way