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From: Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: create variables in a loop?
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 12:10:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 29 May 2024 12:57:06 +0200, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to do something like
> 
> 	for i in USD GBP
> 	do
> 		$i=somevalue
> 	done
> 
> does not work, of course.
> 
> Any idea on how to create (and fill variables through a loop)?

  echo $CAD $EUR
  for i in CAD EUR
  do
    eval "$i=someval"
  done
  echo $CAD $EUR

The /eval/ operation is one of those "special built-in utilities
that POSIX mandates all POSIX shells must support

> 
> greetings, el





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Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"