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Re: How do I get an element of a list without it being substituted?

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On Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:59:33 -0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

[...]
> Are you sure?:
> 
>   % set myList {"First\nElement" {Second Element}}
>   "First\nElement" {Second Element}
>   % llength $myList
>   2
>   % lindex $myList 0
>   First
>   Element
> 
> It looks like the list parser, when encountering a quoted string in the 
> thing it is parsing to a list, has invoked rule 4 and performed 
> "backslash substitution" when creating list element zero.

Yes, this is described in detail in TIP 407 "The String Representation
of Tcl Lists: the Gory Details".

https://core.tcl-lang.org/tips/doc/trunk/tip/407.md

Regards

-- 
Emiliano <emil.gavilan@gmail.com>

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