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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Creating bash array name from variable Post 302602603 by melias on Monday 27th of February 2012 09:14:31 PM
Old 02-27-2012
Thanks Guru, but not sure if this is what I'm after.

example of my code is:
Quote:
for H in "list of items"
do declare -ax $H Setting the array name
for I in "list of array items"
do "$H"=( "${$H[@]}" "$I" ) adding array items to required arrays
echo ${"$H"[@]} print all items in the array just added to
done
done
e.g. Array name (H) could contain a persons name. The items (I) in the array could include things like address, phone number, D.O.B.

So I need to use a for loop to create the initial arrays (persons name), then use another for loop to populate the arrays with specific items. Then I need to be able to print out specific items or the entire array.
The issue looks to be with my variable expansion, but I could be wrong.

Does this make better sense?
Last edited by melias; 02-27-2012 at 11:21 PM..
 

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items(3MENU)															      items(3MENU)

NAME

       menu_items - make and break connections between items and menus

SYNOPSIS

       #include <menu.h>
       int set_menu_items(MENU *menu, ITEM **items);
       ITEM **menu_items(const MENU *menu);
       int item_count(const MENU *menu);

DESCRIPTION

       The function set_menu_items changes the item pointer array of the given menu.  The array must be terminated by a NULL.

       The function menu_items returns the item array of the given menu.

       The function item_count returns the count of items in menu.

RETURN VALUES

       The function menu_items returns a pointer (which may be NULL).  It does not set errno.

       The function item_count returns ERR (the general curses error return value) if its menu parameter is NULL.

       The function set_menu_items returns one of the following codes on error:

       E_OK The routine succeeded.

       E_BAD_ARGUMENT
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       E_NOT_CONNECTED
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	    System error occurred (see errno).

SEE ALSO

       ncurses(3NCURSES), menu(3MENU).

NOTES

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PORTABILITY

       These routines emulate the System V menu library.  They were not supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.

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AUTHORS

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