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I never said the input starts out as an array or an array of 3 things. I said it is a list which I could place into a variable. And the list contains quoted strings containing white space.
I have...

Thanks for the error posted previously. Was rushed.
Here's 2 scripts. I'm certain my array use is correct.
proofTstA.sh
#!/bin/bash -e
listOfParms=$(echo ONE TWO \"TH REE\")
echo PARMS:...

:b: Much thanks, Corona. Eval did the trick.
I can reformat the input before passing it to script B. But once the input is in a variable and passing the variable to script B - the elements get split...

Once again I've somehow failed to clarify the gist of my question. Apologies, and thanks for responding.
Script B, which splits the arguments as desired, is not the problem. It uses "$@" but just...

I have one script calling another with a set of strings that includes white space. Script A calls Script B with these input strings: one two "th ree"

Script B pulls apart the arguments...