Parameter expansion on program output in KSH

[J.B. Nicholson]

Is it possible to use parameter expansion on program output w/o assigning
a variable first?  For example, is it possible to say something to the
effect of:

print ${$(hostname)%%.*}

instead of:

HOSTNAME=$(hostname)
print ${HOSTNAME%%.*}

Thanks.

Jeff
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