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Re: [Help-bash] update array index numbers?
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: [Help-bash] update array index numbers? |
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Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:51:14 -0400 |
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 04:03:27PM +0000, adrelanos wrote:
> when unsetting items of an array, is it possible to update the index
> numbers?
If you want to reassign index numbers, the easiest way is to rewrite
the whole array:
a=("address@hidden")
Personally I'd avoid this whenever possible, and simply write the code
so that it correctly handles sparse arrays.