Re: create variables in a loop?

On Wed, 29 May 2024 12:57:06 +0200, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:

for i in USD GBP do
$i=somevalue
done

Maybe you actually want a lookup table of, say, conversion factors in this
case?

    declare -A factors
    for i in USD GBP; do
        factors[$i]=somevalue
    done

    echo "${!factors[@]}"
    echo "${factors[@]}"

Output:

    GBP USD
    somevalue somevalue