Re: create array in loop with variable in array's name

[Bernd Eggink]

Am 29.05.2010 01:04, schrieb pikta:
> Hi all,
> I'm just a beginer and I got stucked .... I'm trying to create multiple
> array with variable in array's name. I would expect to have 3 arrays and
> each of them would contain 3 elements like array1=(a b c)  array2=(a b c )
> array3=(a b c) ; what means that first element of array1[0]="a" and for
> example third element of array3[2]="c". This is the way how I do it :
>
> for (( n=1; n<4; n++ ))
> do
> array$n=(a b c)
> done
>
> ...but there is syntax error....

That's because array$n isn't a valid name. Use eval:

        eval "array$n=(a b c)"

Bernd

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