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mangatmodi 11-19-2009 08:23 AM

get index of an element in array in bash
 
I have an array say
Code:

array_name=( XXX YYY ZZZ aaa bbb ccc)
and I want to get Index of aaa. Is there any function or a simple way, other than looping, to get Index of an element of an array.

I don't want to use loop, since it is a part of a larger program and looping will really make it complex

I'm using GNU bash, version 3.2.33(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)

ghostdog74 11-19-2009 08:51 AM

Code:

echo ${!array_name[@]}

mangatmodi 11-19-2009 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostdog74 (Post 3762713)
Code:

echo ${!array_name[@]}

@ghostdog74

Sir thank you for your reply but I still didn't get it. The above code give me following output
Code:

0 1 2 3 4 5
But how can I deduce from it that 3 is the Index of aaa ?

ghostdog74 11-19-2009 06:46 PM

do it loop. Its really not that complex. after you done it, make a function out of it, so that next time, you can use it again

mangatmodi 11-20-2009 07:45 AM

Thank you Sir,

This is second time you are helping me in this week sir.
I had solved the problem in the same manner before your last post though :P

Once again, I'm really grateful to you


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