Shell Programming and Scripting

${#arrayname[*]}

#!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh

# Set a string variable.
pathlist="/var/x/www|/usr/x/share/doc|/etc/x/logs"
integer ctr=0
integer nbr_elements

# Set the Input Field Separator.
IFS='|'

# Create an array, with elements automatically parsed by the IFS string.
set -A parsed_pathlist_array $pathlist
nbr_elements=${#parsed_pathlist_array[*]}

# Prove it works.  Loop through the array.
while (( $ctr < $nbr_elements ))
do
  print "array element $ctr: ${parsed_pathlist_array[$ctr]}"
  ((ctr+=1))
done

exit 0

#!/bin/bash

# Set a string variable.
pathlist="/var/x/www|/usr/x/share/doc|/etc/x/logs"
ctr=0

# Set the Input Field Separator.
IFS='|'

# Prove it works.  Loop
for element in $pathlist
do
  echo "substring element $ctr: $element"
  ctr=`expr $ctr + 1`
done

exit 0