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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Does a variable lose its value outside the loop in shell script? Post 302829131 by RavinderSingh13 on Thursday 4th of July 2013 05:17:33 AM
Old 07-04-2013
Hello,

The variable should have the last value which was assigned to it in loop.
Here is an example for it.

Code:
 
$ cat loop_example.ksh
str='monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday'
str1=`echo $str | sed 's/\,//g'`
set -A array_str ${str}

for i in ${array_str[@]}
do
a=$i

done

echo $a
 
 

$ ksh loop_example.ksh
sunday
$



We have a script named loop_example.ksh in which variable a have many values but if you will print it's value outside from loop it will show the last one as Sunday in the above example.





Thanks,
R. Singh
 

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break(1)							   User Commands							  break(1)

NAME

       break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until	loop

SYNOPSIS

   sh
       break [n]

       continue [n]

   csh
       break

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   ksh
       *break [n]

       *continue [n]

DESCRIPTION

   sh
       The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.

       The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.

   csh
       The  break  utility  resumes  execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
       line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.

       The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.

   ksh
       The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified,	then  break  n	levels.  If  n	is
       greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.

       The  continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume at the n-
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       1.  Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.

       2.  I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.

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SEE ALSO

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