UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

#!/bin/ksh
set_var()
{
case "$1" in
      "var1") var1="houston";;
      "var2") var2="boston";;
      "var3") var3="new york";;
esac
}

set_var "var1"
set_var "var2"
set_var "var3"
# Now I would like to see what these values where set
echo "${var1}"
echo "${var2}"
echo "${var3}"

[rick@kangaroo ~]$ cat kshtest.ksh 
#!/bin/ksh

export $1=$2

eval echo $1 = $(echo \$$1)
[rick@kangaroo ~]$ ./kshtest.ksh var1 houston
var1 = houston
[rick@kangaroo ~]$ ./kshtest.ksh var2 dallas
var2 = dallas
[rick@kangaroo ~]$

export $1="Houston"

#! /bin/ksh93

set_var()
{
   case $1 in
      var1)  eval $1=1 ;;
      var2)  eval $2=2 ;;
      var3)  eval $3=3 ;;
   esac
}

set_var "var1"
set_var "var2"
set_var "var3"

# Now I would like to see what these values where set
echo $var1
echo $var2
echo $var3

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