extract from string variable into new variables

Sniper Pixie · #1 (**permalink**) 03-02-2006

I have a variable which consists of a string like this:

001 aaabc 44 a bbb12

How do I extract each substring, delimited by the spaces, into new variables - one for each substring?

eg var1 will be 001, var2 will be aaabc, var3 will be 44, var4 will be a, etc?

I've come up with this:
var1=$(echo $string | awk 'NF=1') ; var2=$(echo $string | awk 'NF=2') ; var3=$(echo $string | awk 'NF=3')

but var2 = NF1 and 2, var3 = NF 1,2,3 etc
It also seems a bit long winded and impractical for operating on a lengthy string.

Ygor · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-2006

See previous answer.
At the bash prompt...

Code:

$ var="001 aaabc 44 a bbb12"
$ set $var
$ echo $1
001

Sniper Pixie · #3 (**permalink**) 03-03-2006

Thanks for your help Ygor. That's neater than the alternative I came up with.

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