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BUG: fix for bug 6207 explain list index values better

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Bill Hoffman 2008-01-02 10:56:08 -05:00
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Source/cmListCommand.h
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@ -80,18 +80,23 @@ public:
"FIND will return the index of the element specified in the list or -1 "
"if it wasn't found.\n"
"INSERT will insert elements to the list to the specified location.\n"
"When specifying an index, negative value corresponds to index from the"
" end of the list.\n"
"REMOVE_AT and REMOVE_ITEM will remove items from the list. The "
"difference is that REMOVE_ITEM will remove the given items, while "
"REMOVE_AT will remove the items at the given indices.\n"
"REVERSE reverses the contents of the list in-place.\n"
"SORT sorts the list in-place alphabetically.\n"
"NOTE: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. "
"NOTES: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. "
"To create a list the set command can be used. For example, "
"set(var a b c d e) creates a list with a;b;c;d;e, and "
"set(var \"a b c d e\") creates a string or a list with one "
"item in it."
"item in it.\n"
"When specifying index values, if <element index> is 0 or"
" greater, it is indexed from the "
"beginning of the list, with 0 representing the first list element. "
"If <element index> is -1 or lesser, it is indexed from the end of "
"the list, with -1 representing the last list element. Be careful "
"when counting with negative indices: they do not start from 0. "
"-0 is equivalent to 0, the first list element.\n"
;
}