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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: create variables in a loop?
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 01:47:58 -0000 (UTC)
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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