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Re: Is this right? test -v $hash{defined_value} == false?


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: Is this right? test -v $hash{defined_value} == false?
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:03:43 -0400
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On 7/12/15 11:58 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
>>  set -A hash

This is an error.

>>  hash=([defined_value]=22)

This creates an indexed array.

>>  echo ${hash[defined_value]}
> 22
>>  [[ -v ${hash[defined_value]} ]] && echo pass

test/[/[[ -v didn't understand array variables and subscripts until bash-4.3.

>>  echo $BASH_VERSION
> 4.2.45(1)-release

Chet
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