Cmake list-get command

Question

Why doesn\'t the following command work?

SET(MY_LIST a b c d)
LIST(GET ${MY_LIST} 0 HEAD)
MESSAGE(\"HEAD = ${HEAD}\")

I want it to assign <

Answer 1

The list commands require an unsubstituted variable as the second argument, i.e.:

set (MY_LIST a b c d)
list (GET MY_LIST 0 HEAD)
message ("HEAD = ${HEAD}")