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# file: array.inc.sh

# date: 08.10.2004

# author: (c) by Marko Schulz - <info@tuxnet24.de>

# description: Little array library for bash.

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#

#

# SYNOPSIS

#

# load this file in your main script:

#    test -f ./array.lib && . ./array.lib || exit 1

#

# to initialize the array

#    declare -a array=( one two three )

#    declare -a array2=( four five six )

#

#    echo "Display array (original) => ${array[@]}"

#

# add a second array to the end of first array - array_push

#    array=( $( array_push ${array[@]} ${array2[@]} ) )

#    echo "Display array (array_push) => ${array[@]}"

#

# delete last element from array - array_pop

#    array=( $( array_pop ${array[@]} ) )

#    echo "Display array (array_pop) => ${array[@]}"

#

# delete first element from array - array_shift

#    array=( $( array_shift ${array[@]} ) )

#    echo "Display array (array_shift) => ${array[@]}"

#

# merge one or more arrays together - array_merge

#    array3=( $( array_merge "${array[@]}" "${array2[@]}" ) )

#    echo "Display array (array_merge) => ${array3[@]}"

#

# check if the string 'nine' is in array 'array2' - in_array

#    if in_array "nine" "$array2" ; then

#        echo "The string 'nine' already exists."

#    fi

#

#

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# add element to end of array => push

function array_push() {

local -a tmp=( $@ )

echo ${tmp[@]}

}

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# delete a element from end of array => pop

function array_pop() {

local -a tmp=( $@ )

unset tmp[${#tmp[@]}-1]

echo ${tmp[@]}

}

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# delete a element from begin of array => shift

function array_shift() {

local index=0

local -a tmp=( $@ )

# delete first element

unset tmp[0]

# move index of array one forward

for i in ${tmp[@]}; do

	tmp[$index]=$i

	let index=$index+1

done

# delete last element, otherwise available double

unset tmp[${#tmp[@]}-1]

echo ${tmp[@]}

}

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# merge one or more arrays together => array_merge

function array_merge() {

declare -a a=( $( echo $* ) )

echo ${a[@]}

}

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# checks if a value exists in an array => in_array

function in_array() {

local str=$1; shift

declare -a array=( $( echo $@ ) )

for (( i=0; i<${#array[*]}; i++ )); do

    [ "${array[$i]}" = "$str" ] && return 0

done

return 1

}

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# end of this library...