[Help-bash] The data type of keys in array and associative array

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

Since the key is always a string in the hash implementation, my
understanding is that the keys of both arrays and associative arrays
are actually strings, despite that it looks like integers for arrays.
Is it so? Thanks.

/* Create an entry for STRING, in TABLE.  If the entry already
   exists, then return it (unless the HASH_NOSRCH flag is set). */
BUCKET_CONTENTS *
hash_insert (string, table, flags)
     char *string;
     HASH_TABLE *table;
     int flags;

      item->key = string;


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Regards,
Peng