Re: Issue with 'key' for associative arrays

2020-11-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 02:48:44PM +0100, Frans de Boer wrote: > Addressing associative arrays with an array statement - like echo > ${k["${a[x]}"] does not work. That seems to work for me, after I fix your quoting. Using your example variables: unicorn:~$ declare -A k unicorn:~$ declare -a a

Issue with 'key' for associative arrays

2020-11-25 Thread Frans de Boer
LS, Unless I have not read the manual properly, bash has an issue with the key part used to address a value within associated arrays. I tried this in the bash 4.4.x and 5.x series of bash under OpenSUSE 15.2 and TW. Addressing associative arrays with an array statement - like echo ${k["${a[x