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# 1  
Old 10-14-2011
Question Help with For loop

I want to print as follows:
Code:
Hello 11 abc
Hello 12 def
Hello 13 ghi
Hello 14 ijk
Hello 15 lmn

i.e; Hello $no $ name

where no's are 11, 12 , 13, 14, 15
names are abc, def, ghi, ijk, lmn

using one Hello $no $name I needthe o/p as above.

I tried as
Code:
for i in 11,12,13,14,15
do
no=$i
for j in abc,def,ghi,ijk,lmn
do
name=$j
echo " Hello $no $name\n "
done
done

displays o/p as: Hello 11,12,13,14,15 abc,def,ghi,ijk,lmn

I am doing some where mistake.... Smilie

Someone correct me...
Thanks!
# 2  
Old 10-14-2011
Code:
for i in 11 12 13 14 15

---------- Post updated at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:50 AM ----------

Also, just echo "Hello $i $j", there's no need to assign new variables there. The \n is also pointless, echo doesn't translate \n on most systems and it adds a newline anyway.
# 3  
Old 10-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Code:
for i in 11 12 13 14 15

---------- Post updated at 11:51 AM ---------- Previous update was at 11:50 AM ----------

Also, just echo "Hello $i $j", there's no need to assign new variables there. The \n is also pointless, echo doesn't translate \n on most systems and it adds a newline anyway.

Wrongly pasted here.....I used 11 12 13 14 15 in code
It was displaying output 25 times..... just a cartesian product...

Code:
 Hello 11 abc
 Hello 11 def
 Hello 11 ghi
 Hello 11 ijk
 Hello 11 lmn
 Hello 12 abc
 Hello 12 def
 Hello 12 ghi
 Hello 12 ijk
 Hello 12 lmn
 Hello 13 abc
 Hello 13 def
 Hello 13 ghi
 Hello 13 ijk
 Hello 13 lmn
 Hello 14 abc
 Hello 14 def
 Hello 14 ghi
 Hello 14 ijk
 Hello 14 lmn
 Hello 15 abc
 Hello 15 def
 Hello 15 ghi
 Hello 15 ijk
 Hello 15 lmn

# 4  
Old 10-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by karumudi7
It was displaying output 25 times..... just a cartesian product...
Ahah... Working on it.

---------- Post updated at 12:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:01 PM ----------

Sorry, I got distracted by your earlier code and thought you wanted the cartesian product.


Simple way, though may not be what you wanted:
Code:
for i in "11 abc" "12 def" "13 ghi" "14 ijk" "15 lmn"
do
        echo "hello $i"
done

Another way:

Code:
# Sets $1=11, $2=12, $3=13, $4=14, etc.
set -- 11 12 13 14 15

for i in abc def ghi ijk lmn
do
        echo "hello $1 $i"
        shift # sets $1=$2, $2=$3, ...
done

---------- Post updated at 12:07 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:06 PM ----------

I haven't tried solutions with arrays because I don't know what your shell is.
# 5  
Old 10-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Ahah... Working on it.

---------- Post updated at 12:06 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:01 PM ----------

Sorry, I got distracted by your earlier code and thought you wanted the cartesian product.


Simple way, though may not be what you wanted:
Code:
for i in "11 abc" "12 def" "13 ghi" "14 ijk" "15 lmn"
do
        echo "hello $i"
done

It will not be useful for me, becoz I want to assign both to two different variables.

Mine is Bourne shell.
# 6  
Old 10-14-2011
Try my second solution then, with "set -- ..."
# 7  
Old 10-15-2011
Code:
 
#! /bin/ksh
set -A array1 11 12 13 14 15
set -A array2 abc def ghi ijk lmn
i=0
while [ $i -ne ${#array1[*]} ]
do
   echo  " Hello ${array1[i]}  ${array2[i]}"
   (( i = i + 1 ))
done

Output is

Hello 11 abc
Hello 12 def
Hello 13 ghi
Hello 14 ijk
Hello 15 lmn
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