Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions

[michael-franzese]

I'd like your point of view on calling functions

As described, I have a file 'colr-tools.sh' with functions for colouring text
in terminal windows.

Then I have two other files that I am using to run some tests.  One of the
files is 'colr-fractr.sh', where I have same functions with tests that call
the function tools for colouring declared in 'colr-tools.sh'.

Then, another file 'colr-tests.sh' that has the main calling sequence
on what tests to run, based on the idea of 'main' in c-programs.

In 'colr-fractr.sh', I have the function 'scout-terminfo-colours'
that call tho associative arrays in 'colr-tools.sh'.

This is the way I am doing the calls in 'colr-tests.sh'

----- colr-tests.sh -----

  source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh

  # this defines the colour arrays in colr-tools.sh
  termi-colr-wheel

  # this calls the test that use the array variables in 'colr-test.sh'
  source ./colr-fractr.sh

  # this runs the test function in 'colr-fractr.sh'
  scout-terminfo-colours

----- colr-tests.sh -----
I also have the possibility to call 'source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh'
in the file 'colr-fractr.sh' rather than in 'colr-tests.sh'.  Where
would your prefer having tho call to 'source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh',
in 'colr-fractr.sh' or in 'colr-tests.sh'.

Regards

> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 6:15 AM
> From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> Cc: "help bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions
>
> np yo, glad i did help
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 19:24 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > Using -g works like a gem.
> >
> > My hat off to you Alex. :)
> >
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:31 AM
> > > From: "Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev" <fxmbsw7@gmail.com>
> > > To: michael-franzese@gmx.com
> > > Cc: "help bash" <help-bash@gnu.org>
> > > Subject: Re: Using Associative Arrays declared in functions
> > >
> > > try -g for declare to have it outside function available
> > >
> > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021, 18:07 <michael-franzese@gmx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Am trying to ran some tests on some bash code.
> > > >
> > > >  Here is how I run my test
> > > >
> > > >  cd fractr-test
> > > >  ./colr-test.sh
> > > >
> > > >  and this is what I get
> > > >
> > > >  termi-colr-wheel: * 79
> > > >  colr-test: ***
> > > >  Here is colr-fractr.sh
> > > >  colr-test: ***
> > > >  scout-terminfo-colours: **
> > > >
> > > >  For some reason I do still do not understand, I do not get the number
> > 79
> > > >  next to the double and triple stars.
> > > >
> > > >  Here is the code
> > > >
> > > >  ./colr-tools.sh
> > > >  termi-colr-wheel ()
> > > >    { declare -rA tis=([cols]="$(tput cols)")
> > > >      echo "* ${tis[cols]} }
> > > >
> > > >  ./fractr-test/colr-fractr.sh
> > > >  scout-terminfo-colours {echo "** ${tis[cols]}"}
> > > >
> > > >  ./fractr-test/colr-test.sh
> > > >  tools_path=$(readlink -f "$0")
> > > >  tools_path="${tools_path%/*}"
> > > >  tools_path="${tools_path%/*}"
> > > >
> > > >  source ${tools_path}/colr-tools.sh
> > > >
> > > >  termi-colr-wheel
> > > >  echo "colr-test: *** ${tis[cols]}"
> > > >
> > > >  source ./colr-fractr.sh
> > > >  echo "colr-test: *** ${tis[cols]}"
> > > >  scout-terminfo-colours
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>