Re: for ((i=0; i<3 && i!=1; i++))

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/12/15 4:29 AM, l_j_f wrote:
> 1. bash version
> -sh-4.3# bash --version
> GNU bash, version 4.3.0(1)-release (arm-hisiv200-linux-gnu)
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>  
> 2. the script
> #!/bin/bash
>  
> main() {
>         local i        
>                                                          
>         for ((i=0; i<3; i++)); do                        
>                 local var                                
>                 if [[ "${i}" == "1" ]]; then
>                         var=1
>                 fi     
>                        
>                 echo i=$i var=$var
>         done
> }        
>          
> main "$@"
>  
> 3. the result
> -sh-4.3# ./test3.sh 
> i=0 var=
> i=1 var=1
> i=2 var=1
> # I think it should be
> i=0 var=
> i=1 var=1
> i=2 var=

Why? You never unset var or set it to the empty string after it's set to 1.
Shell variables don't have `loop scope'.

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