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table_name=table1,table2,table3

i=0
IFS=","
for i in $table_name
do

        echo $i

done

#! /bin/ksh

table[1]="table1" ; col[1]="col1"
table[2]="table2" ; col[2]="col2"
table[3]="table3" ; col[3]="col3"
table[4]="table4" ; col[4]="col4"

counter=1

while [ $counter -le ${#table[@]} ] ; do
     echo "TABLE: ${table[$counter]}     COL: ${col[$counter]}"
     (( counter += 1 ))
done

table_name=table1,table2,table3
col_name=col1,col2,col3

OI="$IFS"
IFS=,
table_arr=($table_name)
col_arr=($col_name)
IFS="$OI"

table_name=table1,table2,table3
col_name=col1,col2,col3

OI="$IFS"
IFS=,
table_arr=($table_name)
col_arr=($col_name)
IFS="$OI"

counter=0

while [ $counter -lt ${#table_arr[@]} ] ; do
     echo "TABLE: ${table_arr[$counter]}     COL: ${col_arr[$counter]}"
     (( counter += 1 ))
done

#! /bin/ksh

table_name="table1,table2,table3"
col_name=col1,col2,col3
table=""
col=""

while [ "$table_name" != "" ] ; do
     table="${table_name%%,*}"
     col="${col_name%%,*}"

     echo "TABLE: $table    COL: $col"

     table_name="${table_name##${table}}"
     col_name="${col_name##${col}}"
     table_name="${table_name##,}"
     col_name="${col_name##,}"
done