Returning a list from a command????

[rajab57]

Hi,

I want to execute the below mentioned line.

set namelist [report_names -spec {ABC }]
eg:
the command [report_names -spec {ABC }] returns a list as shown below:

abcd
tom
vicky
Mary
and I want this list to be copied into namelist.

here report_names is a user defined command that returns a list of names and I want the list of names to copied into the list namelist.But the output seems to printed on the screen instead of getting copied into the variable namelist.
Can somebody suggest me what can be done to solve this.

Thank you.

 

[crossrad]

tclsh
% proc report_names {args} {
return [list abcd tom vicky Mary]
}
% set namelist [report_names -spec {ABC }]
abcd tom vicky Mary
% set namelist
abcd tom vicky Mary


The list is copied to the terminal when the set command is issued because the result of the set command itself is the value that was assigned - but it still gets assigned to the variable.