How to swap the values in array using for loop?


 
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# 1  
Old 11-01-2016
Linux How to swap the values in array using for loop?

Code:
array=( 8 5 6 2 3 4 7 1 9 0 )
for i in "${array[@]}"
do
echo $i
done


# i need the output like this by swapping of array values
Code:
0
9
1
7
4
3
2
6
5
8


Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-01-2016 at 05:07 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 11-01-2016
What shell are you using?

What are you trying to do? Are you trying to rearrange the elements of your array? Or are you just trying to print the array in reverse order?
# 3  
Old 11-01-2016
i am using bash shell v-4.2
i just need to rearrange the elements of my array & tell me how to print in reverse order
# 4  
Old 11-01-2016
array length can be retrieved as ${#array[@]}

Code:
for (( index=${#array[@]}-1 ; index>=0 ; index-- )) ; do
    echo "${array[index]}"
done

This User Gave Thanks to itkamaraj For This Post:
# 5  
Old 11-01-2016
It would be much easier to print your array in forwards order than to reverse the order of your array and then print it in reverse order. Why is there is any need to reverse the order of array elements AND print the array in reverse order??? The code you showed us in post #1 in this thread produces the output that would produce.
# 6  
Old 11-01-2016
Thankz buddy! its working
# 7  
Old 11-01-2016
The code itkamaraj gave you will print the array in reverse order. If you need to reverse the order of elements in the array, there are a couple of ways to do it.

The following will work with arrays like your sample that only have single word elements:
Code:
array=( $(for ((i = ${#array[@]} - 1; i >= 0; i--)) 
	do	printf '%s\n' "${array[$i]}"
	done)
)

but won't work if you have one or more elements that contain multiple words, such as:
Code:
array=( 8 5 6 2 3 "4 and more" 7 1 9 0 )

To reverse an array like this, you can use something more like:
Code:
for ((i = 0; i < ${#array[@]}; i++))
do	tmp_array[i]="${array[${#array[@]} - 1 - i]}"
done
array=( "${tmp_array[@]}" )
unset tmp_array

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