typeset [ {+|-}AEFHUafghklprtuxmz ] [ -LRZi [ n ]] [ name[=value] ... ]
typeset -T [ {+|-}Urux ] [ -LRZ [ n ]] SCALAR[=value] array [ sep ]
       Set or display attributes and values for shell parameters.

       A parameter is created for each name that does not already refer
       to one.  When inside a function, a new parameter is created  for
       every  name  (even those that already exist), and is unset again
       when the function completes.  See  `Local  Parameters'  in  zsh-
       param(1).   The  same  rules  apply to special shell parameters,
       which retain their special attributes when made local.

       For each name=value assignment, the parameter  name  is  set  to
       value.  Note that arrays currently cannot be assigned in typeset
       expressions, only scalars and integers.

       If the shell option TYPESET SILENT is not set, for each  remain-
       ing  name  that  refers to a parameter that is set, the name and
       value of the parameter are printed in the form of an assignment.
       Nothing  is  printed  for  newly-created parameters, or when any
       attribute flags listed below are  given  along  with  the  name.
       Using  `+'  instead  of minus to introduce an attribute turns it
       off.

       If the -p option is given, parameters and values are printed  in
       the  form  of  a typeset comand and an assignment (which will be
       printed separately for arrays and associative  arrays),  regard-
       less  of  other  flags  and  options.   Note that the -h flag on
       parameters is respected; no value will be shown for these param-
       eters.

       If  the  -T  option  is  given,  two  or three arguments must be
       present (an exception is that zero arguments are allowed to show
       the  list of parameters created in this fashion).  The first two
       are the name of a scalar and an array parameter (in that  order)
       that  will  be  tied  together in the manner of $PATH and $path.
       The optional third  argument  is  a  single-character  separator
       which will be used to join the elements of the array to form the
       scalar; if absent, a colon is used, as  with  $PATH.   Only  the
       first  character  of the separator is significant; any remaining
       characters are  ignored.   Only  the  scalar  parameter  may  be
       assigned  an  initial  value.  Both the scalar and the array may
       otherwise be manipulated as normal.  If one is unset, the  other
       will automatically be unset too.  There is no way of untying the
       variables without unsetting them, or converting the type of  one
       of  them with another typeset command; +T does not work, assign-
       ing an array to SCALAR is an error, and assigning  a  scalar  to
       array  sets  it  to  be  a single-element array.  Note that both
       `typeset -xT ...'  and `export -T ...' work, but only the scalar
       will  be  marked for export.  Setting the value using the scalar
       version causes a  split  on  all  separators  (which  cannot  be
       quoted).

       The  -g  (global)  flag  is treated specially: it means that any
       resulting parameter will not be restricted to local scope.  Note
       that  this  does not necessarily mean that the parameter will be
       global, as the flag will apply to any existing  parameter  (even
       if unset) from an enclosing function.  This flag does not affect
       the parameter after creation, hence it has no effect when  list-
       ing  existing  parameters,  nor does the flag +g have any effect
       except in combination with -m (see below).

       If no name is present, the names and values  of  all  parameters
       are printed.  In this case the attribute flags restrict the dis-
       play  to  only  those  parameters  that   have   the   specified
       attributes,  and using `+' rather than `-' to introduce the flag
       suppresses printing of the values of parameters when there is no
       parameter  name.  Also, if the last option is the word `+', then
       names are printed but values are not.

       If the -m flag is given the name arguments are taken as patterns
       (which  should be quoted).  With no attribute flags, all parame-
       ters (or functions with the -f flag)  with  matching  names  are
       printed  (the  shell  option  TYPESET SILENT is not used in this
       case).  Note that -m is ignored if no patterns  are  given.   If
       the  +g  flag is combined with -m, a new local parameter is cre-
       ated for every matching parameter that  is  not  already  local.
       Otherwise  -m  applies  all  other  flags  or assignments to the
       existing parameters.  Except  when  assignments  are  made  with
       name=value,  using  +m  forces  the  matching  parameters  to be
       printed, even inside a function.

       If no attribute flags are given and either no -m flag is present
       or the +m form was used, each parameter name printed is preceded
       by a list of the attributes of that parameter  (array,  associa-
       tion,   exported,  integer,  readonly).   If  +m  is  used  with
       attribute flags, and all those flags are introduced with +,  the
       matching parameter names are printed but their values are not.

       The following attribute flags may be specified:

       -A     The  names  refer  to  associative  array parameters; see
              `Array Parameters' in zshparam(1).

       -L     Left justify and remove leading blanks from value.  If  n
              is  nonzero,  it defines the width of the field.  If n is
              zero, the width is determined by the width of  the  value
              of  the first assignment.  In the case of numeric parame-
              ters, the length of the complete value  assigned  to  the
              parameter  is  used to determine the width, not the value
              that would be output.  When the parameter is expanded, it
              is filled on the right with blanks or truncated if neces-
              sary to fit the field.  Note truncation can lead to unex-
              pected  results  with  numeric parameters.  Leading zeros
              are removed if the -Z flag is also set.

       -R     Similar to -L, except that right justification  is  used;
              when  the parameter is expanded, the field is left filled
              with blanks or truncated from the end.  May not  be  com-
              bined with the -Z flag.

       -U     For  arrays  (but  not for associative arrays), keep only
              the first occurrence of each duplicated value.  This  may
              also  be  set for colon-separated special parameters like
              PATH or FIGNORE, etc.  This flag has a different  meaning
              when used with -f; see below.

       -Z     Specially  handled if set along with the -L flag.  Other-
              wise, similar to -R, except that leading zeros  are  used
              for  padding  instead  of  blanks  if the first non-blank
              character is a digit.  Numeric parameters  are  specially
              handled:  they  are  always  eligible  for  padding  with
              zeroes, and the zeroes are  inserted  at  an  appropriate
              place in the output.

       -a     The  names refer to array parameters.  An array parameter
              may be created this way, but it may not be assigned to in
              the  typeset statement.  When displaying, both normal and
              associative arrays are shown.

       -f     The names refer to functions rather than parameters.   No
              assignments  can  be made, and the only other valid flags
              are -t, -k, -u, -U and -z.  The flag -t turns  on  execu-
              tion  tracing  for  this  function.   The -u and -U flags
              cause the function to be marked for autoloading; -U  also
              causes alias expansion to be suppressed when the function
              is loaded.  The fpath parameter will be searched to  find
              the function definition when the function is first refer-
              enced; see the section `Functions'. The -k and  -z  flags
              make  the function be loaded using ksh-style or zsh-style
              autoloading respectively. If neither is given,  the  set-
              ting  of the KSH AUTOLOAD option determines how the func-
              tion is loaded.

       -h     Hide: only useful for special  parameters  (those  marked
              `<S>' in the table in zshparams(1)), and for local param-
              eters with the same name as a special  parameter,  though
              harmless  for  others.   A  special  parameter  with this
              attribute will not retain its special  effect  when  made
              local.  Thus after `typeset -h PATH', a function contain-
              ing `typeset PATH' will create an ordinary local  parame-
              ter  without the usual behaviour of PATH.  Alternatively,
              the local parameter may itself be given  this  attribute;
              hence  inside  a  function  `typeset  -h PATH' creates an
              ordinary local parameter and the special  PATH  parameter
              is not altered in any way.  It is also possible to create
              a local parameter using `typeset +h special',  where  the
              local  copy of special will retain its special properties
              regardless of having the -h  attribute.   Global  special
              parameters  loaded from shell modules (currently those in
              zsh/mapfile and zsh/parameter)  are  automatically  given
              the -h attribute to avoid name clashes.

       -H     Hide  value:  specifies that typeset will not display the
              value of the parameter when listing parameters; the  dis-
              play for such parameters is always as if the `+' flag had
              been given.  Use of the parameter is  in  other  respects
              normal, and the option does not apply if the parameter is
              specified by name, or by  pattern  with  the  -m  option.
              This   is  on  by  default  for  the  parameters  in  the
              zsh/parameter and zsh/mapfile  modules.   Note,  however,
              that  unlike the -h flag this is also useful for non-spe-
              cial parameters.

       -i     Use an internal integer representation.  If n is  nonzero
              it  defines  the  output arithmetic base, otherwise it is
              determined by the first assignment.

       -E     Use an internal double-precision floating point represen-
              tation.  On output the variable will be converted to sci-
              entific notation.  If n is nonzero it defines the  number
              of significant figures to display; the default is ten.

       -F     Use an internal double-precision floating point represen-
              tation.  On output the  variable  will  be  converted  to
              fixed-point decimal notation.  If n is nonzero it defines
              the number of digits to display after the decimal  point;
              the default is ten.

       -l     Convert  the  result to lower case whenever the parameter
              is expanded.  The value is not converted when assigned.

       -r     The given names are marked readonly.  Note that  if  name
              is  a  special  parameter,  the readonly attribute can be
              turned on, but cannot then be turned off.

       -t     Tags the named parameters.  Tags have no special  meaning
              to  the  shell.   This  flag has a different meaning when
              used with -f; see above.

       -u     Convert the result to upper case whenever  the  parameter
              is  expanded.   The value is not converted when assigned.
              This flag has a different meaning when used with -f;  see
              above.

       -x     Mark  for  automatic  export to the environment of subse-
              quently executed commands.  If the  option  GLOBAL EXPORT
              is  set,  this  implies  the option -g, unless +g is also
              explicitly given; in other words  the  parameter  is  not
              made  local  to the enclosing function.  This is for com-
              patibility with previous versions of zsh.

declare
       Same as typeset.

float [ {+|-}EFHghlprtux ] [ -LRZ [ n ]] [ name[=value] ... ]
       Equivalent  to  typeset  -E,  except  that options irrelevant to
       floating point numbers are not permitted.

functions [ {+|-}UXkmtuz ] [ name ... ]
       Equivalent to typeset -f.

autoload [ {+|-}UXktz ] [ -w ] [ name ... ]
       Equivalent to functions -u, with the exception of -X/+X and  -w.

       The  flag  -X  may be used only inside a shell function, and may
       not be followed by a name.  It causes the calling function to be
       marked for autoloading and then immediately loaded and executed,
       with the current array of positional  parameters  as  arguments.
       This  replaces  the  previous definition of the function.  If no
       function definition is found, an error is printed and the  func-
       tion remains undefined and marked for autoloading.

       The  flag  +X  attempts to load each name as an autoloaded func-
       tion, but does not execute it.  The exit status  is  zero  (suc-
       cess)  if  the function was not previously defined and a defini-
       tion for it was found.  This does not replace any existing defi-
       nition of the function.  The exit status is nonzero (failure) if
       the function was already  defined  or  when  no  definition  was
       found.   In  the  latter case the function remains undefined and
       marked for autoloading.  If ksh-style  autoloading  is  enabled,
       the  function created will contain the contents of the file plus
       a call to the function itself appended to it, thus giving normal
       ksh autoloading behaviour on the first call to the function.

       With the -w flag, the names are taken as names of files compiled
       with the zcompile builtin, and all functions defined in them are
       marked for autoloading.

integer [ {+|-}Hghilprtux ] [ -LRZ [ n ]] [ name[=value] ... ]
       Equivalent to typeset -i,  except  that  options  irrelevant  to
       integers are not permitted.

local [ {+|-}AEFHUahlprtux ] [ -LRZi [ n ]] [ name[=value] ] ...
       Same as typeset, except that the options -g, and -f are not per-
       mitted.   In  this  case the -x option does not force the use of
       -g, i.e. exported variables will be local to functions.

readonly
       Same as typeset -r.
