Retrieving from a variable whose name is inside a variable.

thekillerbean · 02-09-2006, 06:48 PM

I've got myself in a situation of which I'm in a quandary!

I've got a list of variables in a script as follows:
var1=txt1
var2=txt2
var3=txt3
var4=txt4
...
varn=txtn

count=n

I've got a counter incrementing a count variable and I'm assigning this count variable to another variable as follows:

y="var$count"

I'm now trying to retrieve the "txt." contents by:

echo $y

but that is not working. What will?

Please help!

Cheers,
kb.

jlliagre · 02-09-2006, 07:02 PM

Try:

Code:

eval echo \$$y

thekillerbean · 02-09-2006, 07:25 PM

You freaking genius!

Thank you so much.

I wish I could buy you a real cold beer!

Cheers,
kb.

thekillerbean · 02-09-2006, 07:58 PM

One quick question - how can I assign the contents to another variable?

Cheers,
kb.

thekillerbean · 02-09-2006, 08:50 PM

Never mind - figured it out
var=$(eval echo \$$y)

Cheers,
kb.