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Re: is there a way to assign indexed arrays like the new assoc arrays wa


From: Eli Schwartz
Subject: Re: is there a way to assign indexed arrays like the new assoc arrays way without [..]= typing ?
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 17:05:42 -0500

On 3/12/21 4:56 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> i agree, but it could the same way be with indexed arrays for simplified
> use, but its already taken by every ( ..arg.. ) is a value, not key
> i just say it would be useful if it allowed similiar like arr=( key val
> key2 val ) just the keys of course would been positive numbers only

What is the meaning of

declare -A assoc=( key1 val1 key2 val2 )

previous to its ability to assign key/value pairs? Did it error out? How
did it treat each element?

...

What is the meaning of

declare indexed=( 0 val1 1 val2 )

Does it error out? How does it treat each element?

How would you propose implementing this feature request, without
changing the way existing scripts work?

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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