Shell Programming and Scripting

phox2b() {
    printf "\n\n"
    printf "What is the id of the patient getting Phox2B analysis  : "; read id
    printf "Is this an intronic variant?  Y/N "; read match_choice

    case "$match_choice" in
        [yY]) id="${id}"; 
         printf "%s \n" "Please enter variant(s), use a comma between multiple: "
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
read -a variants
for (( i = 0; i < ${#variants[@]}; i++ ))
	do
	printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" "${variants[$i]}" >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt
	done
IFS=$OLDIFS

        [nN]) id="${id}";  
	printf "Please enter the coding variant the following is an example"
	echo " c.274G>T"
	
        printf "variant(s), use a comma between multiple: "; IFS="," read -a variant
        
        [ -z "$id" ] && printf "\n No ID supplied. Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return
        [ "$id" = "end" ] && printf "\n Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return

        for ((i=0; i<${#variant[@]}; i++))
              do printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" ${variant[$i]} >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt
        done
	add2text ${id}.txt
	additional
}

case "$var" in
   pattern1)
        do something here
	;; # this is important to have
   pattern2)
        do something here
        do something more if wanted
        ;; # this is important to have
   cache_all)
        do something here
        ;; # this is important to have
esac # closing the case and it is not optional

for ((i=0; i<${#variant[@]}; i++))
              do printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" ${variant[$i]} >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt

for v in ${variant[@]}; do
        #do something with "${v}"