Re: create variables in a loop?

On Wed, 29 May 2024 12:57:06 +0200, 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.

    for i in USD GBP; do
        declare -n a=$i
        a=somevalue
    done

    echo $USD $GBP

output:

    somevalue somevalue

This is in bash, of course.