Re: is there a way to assign indexed arrays like the new assoc arrays way without [..]= typing ?

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

declare -A assoc=( key1 'val 1' 'key 2' 'val 2' ) ; declare -p assoc
declare -A assoc=(["key 2"]="val 2" [key1]="val 1" )

for the second, well i was asking, guess it doesnt exist yet
and im not familiar enough with bash.c to really have a good answer to that
maybe implent = related operators that would define the format of the
assignment

declare idx=( 0 null 1 one ) ; declare -p idx
declare -a idx=([0]="0" [1]="null" [2]="1" [3]="one")

btw i thought i must declare >> -a << the array ? hm :)

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 11:05 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
>