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# 8  
Old 05-29-2012
Hi ,

Thanks for your replies, here's what I got working

Code:
animals="dog,cat,horse"
if [[ "${animal}" == *${mammal}* ]]

The reason behind adopting this kind of approach is because, i wanted to implement a list with atleast 10 elements being looked at. The "or" approach is just too cumbersome IMHO.

Thanks anyways.

Thanks.
# 9  
Old 05-29-2012
Hi, neil, what does $mammal contain and what does $animal contain and how does that relate to $animals ?


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ksh93 / modern bash, associative arrays:
Code:
a=cat
A=([cat]=1 [dog]=1 [horse]=1)                                       
if [[ ${A[$a]} ]]; then...

or:
Code:
a=cat
A=([cat]= [dog]= [horse]=)                                       
if [[ ${A[$a]+_} ]]; then...

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