Linux Shell Script Tutorial series (vi): arrays and associative arrays

This article mainly introduces the Linux Shell Script series tutorial (vi): array and associative array, this article explained what is the array and associative array, the definition prints the ordinary array, the definition prints the associative array and so on content, needs the friend to be possible to refer to under

One, array, and associative arrays

An array is an important part of a shell script that stores separate, independent data as a collection by means of an index. A normal array can only use integers as an array index, and associative arrays not only use integers as indexes, but also strings. In general, it is easier to understand the use of strings for indexing. Bash introduced an associative array from 4.0 onwards.

Second, the definition of printing normal array

There are several methods of array:

The code is as follows:

#在一行上列出所有元素

Array_var= (1 2 3 4 5 6)

#以 "index-value" in the form of a list

array_var[0]= "Test1"

array_var[1]= "Test2"

array_var[2]= "Test3"

Note: The first method uses parentheses, otherwise the error will be followed.

There are several methods of array elements:

The code is as follows:

echo ${array_var[0]} #输出结果为 test1

index=2

echo ${array_var[$index]} #输出结果为 test3

echo ${array_var[*]} #输出所有数组元素

echo ${array_var[@]} #输出所有数组元素

echo ${#array_var [*]} #输出值为 3

Note: In Ubuntu 14.04, the shell script starts with #!/bin/bash and executes the script in the form of Bash test.sh.

Defining print associative arrays

Defining an associative array

In an associative array, you can use any text as an array index. When defining an associative array, you first need to declare a variable as an associative array using a declaration statement before you can add elements to the array, as follows:

The code is as follows:

Declare-a Ass_array #声明一个关联数组

Ass_array= (["Index1"]=index1 ["Index2"]=index2) #内嵌 "index-value" list method

ass_array["Index3"]=index3

ass_array["Index4"]=index4

echo ${ass_array["Index1"]} #输出为index1

echo ${ass_array["Index4"]}

echo ${!ass_array[*]} #输出索引列表

echo ${!ass_array[@]} #输出索引列表

Note: For a normal array, you can still list the index list using the above method, and you cannot add a dollar sign before declaring an associative array and adding an array element