Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi there,
im having issue with comparing two variables, in a bash script.
im trying to do the following:
- get a word from user 1
- split the word into array
- get a character from user2

trying to compare the character entered by user 2 with every single character in the array entered by user1. here is the code:

Code:

echo "$name1 Enter a word: "    
read word
wordarray=(`echo $word | sed 's/./& /g'`)  # i used sed to convert it to   
                                                           # array
echo "$name2 enter a character: "
read guess

and then from here, im having trouble finding a way to compare the entry of user2 with every single item in the array entered by user1.

Thanks in advance.

Is this a question about how to handle arrays, or how to find a character in a string? Do you need to know at which index the character matched, or how many matches there are, or just whether or not there was a match? The last is the simplest, so let's start from that.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

echo -n "Enter a string: "
read word

echo -n "Enter a character: "
read char

origword=$word

while true; do
  case $word in
    '') echo "$char not found"; break;;
    ${char}*) echo "$char found in $origword"; break;;
  esac
  word=${word#?}
done

If this is not what you were asking about, perhaps you can clarify which part you still need help with.

actually i need to do all what you have mentioned,

- user 1 enter a word
- user2 try to guess by entering a character,
- checking if this character matches any character in the word entered by
player1.
- in case matches any of the characters it displays the character in the
right place.
for example:
player one enter a word:
hello
player two try to guess a word from 5 characters, enter a letter:
-----
player two enters h

output: h----
player 2 enters L :
output : h-ll-

so forth. im having trouble checking comparing what player 2 enters with every single character in the word entered by player 1.
Thanks again.