Re: create variables in a loop?

On 29.05.2024 12:57, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:

I would like to do something like>>
for i in USD GBP
do
$i=somevalue
done
 
does not work, of course.
 
Any idea on how to create (and fill variables through a loop)?

 
You've already got the technical answer to your (literal) question.
Basically something like
 
    for currency in USD GBP EUR
    do
        eval "${currency}='some value $((++n))'"
    done
    printf "%s\n" "$USD" "$GBP" "$EUR"