Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

see var space as two trees, global -g and local to function ..

with shopt -s expand_aliases

alias "b=s+=$'\e[1m' " r=s+=$'\e[m' " 'R=r= ' $'p=\nprintf %s\\\\n "$s"; '
s+=hello\  b s+=world r s+=..
p

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 22:08 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:

> Let's forget about tput - which can do colouring but is more portable.
>
> The discussion is whether it is more human readable to define call the
> function that declares the associative arrays in 'colr-fractr.sh' or
> in the main test 'corl-tests.sh'.
>
> so about the difference between
>
> ----- colr-tests.sh ------
> source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh
> termi-colr-wheel  # defines the arrays
> source ./colr-fractr.sh  # has test function calling the arrays
> scout-terminfo-colours   # runs the colour test
> ----- colr-tests.sh ------
>
> and
>
> ----- colr-tests.sh ------
> source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh
> source ./colr-fractr.sh  # arrays get defined here
> scout-terminfo-colours   # runs the colour test
> ----- colr-tests.sh ------
>
> Regards
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 7:43 AM
> > From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> > Cc: "help bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions
> >
> > look, this is an incomplete answer of me
> >
> > color codes and efficiency are big topics
> > tput commands i dont know tho
> >
> > id prolly alias much on a str stack and end-printf when needed
> > but again, i dont know enough of this topic
> >
> > peace
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 21:13 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like your point of view on calling functions
> > >
> > > As described, I have a file 'colr-tools.sh' with functions for
> colouring
> > > text
> > > in terminal windows.
> > >
> > > Then I have two other files that I am using to run some tests.  One of
> the
> > > files is 'colr-fractr.sh', where I have same functions with tests that
> call
> > > the function tools for colouring declared in 'colr-tools.sh'.
> > >
> > > Then, another file 'colr-tests.sh' that has the main calling sequence
> > > on what tests to run, based on the idea of 'main' in c-programs.
> > >
> > > In 'colr-fractr.sh', I have the function 'scout-terminfo-colours'
> > > that call tho associative arrays in 'colr-tools.sh'.
> > >
> > > This is the way I am doing the calls in 'colr-tests.sh'
> > >
> > > ----- colr-tests.sh -----
> > >
> > >   source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh
> > >
> > >   # this defines the colour arrays in colr-tools.sh
> > >   termi-colr-wheel
> > >
> > >   # this calls the test that use the array variables in 'colr-test.sh'
> > >   source ./colr-fractr.sh
> > >
> > >   # this runs the test function in 'colr-fractr.sh'
> > >   scout-terminfo-colours
> > >
> > > ----- colr-tests.sh -----
> > > I also have the possibility to call 'source
> ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh'
> > > in the file 'colr-fractr.sh' rather than in 'colr-tests.sh'.  Where
> > > would your prefer having tho call to 'source
> ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh',
> > > in 'colr-fractr.sh' or in 'colr-tests.sh'.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 6:15 AM
> > > > From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > > > To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> > > > Cc: "help bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions
> > > >
> > > > np yo, glad i did help
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 19:24 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Using -g works like a gem.
> > > > >
> > > > > My hat off to you Alex. :)
> > > > >
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:31 AM
> > > > > > From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > > > > > To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> > > > > > Cc: "help bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions
> > > > > >
> > > > > > try -g for declare to have it outside function available
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 18:07 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Am trying to ran some tests on some bash code.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Here is how I run my test
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  cd fractr-test
> > > > > > >  ./colr-test.sh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  and this is what I get
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  termi-colr-wheel: * 79
> > > > > > >  colr-test: ***
> > > > > > >  Here is colr-fractr.sh
> > > > > > >  colr-test: ***
> > > > > > >  scout-terminfo-colours: **
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  For some reason I do still do not understand, I do not get the
> > > number
> > > > > 79
> > > > > > >  next to the double and triple stars.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Here is the code
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  ./colr-tools.sh
> > > > > > >  termi-colr-wheel ()
> > > > > > >    { declare -rA tis=([cols]="$(tput cols)")
> > > > > > >      echo "* ${tis[cols]} }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  ./fractr-test/colr-fractr.sh
> > > > > > >  scout-terminfo-colours {echo "** ${tis[cols]}"}
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  ./fractr-test/colr-test.sh
> > > > > > >  tools_path=$(readlink -f "$0")
> > > > > > >  tools_path="${tools_path%/*}"
> > > > > > >  tools_path="${tools_path%/*}"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  termi-colr-wheel
> > > > > > >  echo "colr-test: *** ${tis[cols]}"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  source ./colr-fractr.sh
> > > > > > >  echo "colr-test: *** ${tis[cols]}"
> > > > > > >  scout-terminfo-colours
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