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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Shift array element Post 302318932 by cfajohnson on Friday 22nd of May 2009 07:32:46 PM
Old 05-22-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by darshakraut
I want to delete and 0th element of array in shell scrpit and also shift all others to one level up.

Code:
array=( a b c d e f g h i j k l ) ## define array

unset array[0]              ## remove element
array=( "${array[@]}" )     ## pack array

printf "%s\n" "${array[@]}" ## print array

 

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RESET(3)								 1								  RESET(3)

reset - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element

SYNOPSIS
mixed reset (array &$array) DESCRIPTION
reset(3) rewinds $array's internal pointer to the first element and returns the value of the first array element. PARAMETERS
o $array - The input array. RETURN VALUES
Returns the value of the first array element, or FALSE if the array is empty. EXAMPLES
Example #1 reset(3) example <?php $array = array('step one', 'step two', 'step three', 'step four'); // by default, the pointer is on the first element echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" // skip two steps next($array); next($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step three" // reset pointer, start again on step one reset($array); echo current($array) . "<br /> "; // "step one" ?> SEE ALSO
current(3), each(3), end(3), next(3), prev(3). PHP Documentation Group RESET(3)
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