Re: ${variable@A} does not work for associative arrays

[Eli Schwartz]

On 2/19/20 3:05 PM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis wrote:
> BASH 5.0.16.
> 
> $ VAR1=aaa
> $ declare -a VAR2=(aaa)
> $ declare -A VAR3=([aaa]=aaa)
> $ declare -p VAR{1,2,3}
> declare -- VAR1="aaa"
> declare -a VAR2=([0]="aaa")
> declare -A VAR3=([aaa]="aaa" )
> $ echo "${VAR1@A}"
> VAR1='aaa'
> $ echo "${VAR2@A}"
> declare -a VAR2='aaa'


Well, that looks a bit off.

$ VAR2=(aaa bbbb)
$ echo "${VAR2@A}"
declare -a VAR2='aaa'
$ echo "${VAR2[@]@A}"
declare -a VAR2=([0]="aaa" [1]="bbbb")

I suggest next time, do your tests with a multi-element indexed array,
since it will make it obvious when your test case is incorrectly
printing only one element.

> $ echo "${VAR3@A}"
> 
> $
> 
> --
> Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
> 


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Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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