a="$(echo $option |cut -d '=' -f1)"
b="$(echo $option |cut -d '=' -f2-)"
b="${b//_/ }"
- string_contains "$a" "_LENGTH" && return
+ string_contains "$a" "_LENGTH" && continue
string_contains "$a" "_ITEM" && {
# special threatment for lists. use add_list and remove the
# item index (_ITEMx).