Increment a variable name in ksh

Asked Sep 01 '22 at 11:22

Active Sep 01 '22 at 11:40

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I have several variables that have a value and I am trying to increment the variable names using a for loop. Example

#!/bin/ksh
$var1="Hi" $var2="world" 
while ..... 
(($i++)) 
echo $var$i

And I have also tried

${var[i]}

and different variants but nothing worked. The result I expect is Hi world

Thanks!!

edited Sep 01 '22 at 11:40

asked Sep 01 '22 at 11:22

xLioneth

What is `while .....`? Where is `$i` coming from? It is not set anywhere – LinFelix Sep 01 '22 at 11:25
Which shell, ksh or Bash? – Benjamin W. Sep 01 '22 at 11:27
For Bash: [Indirect variable assignment in bash](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9938649/indirect-variable-assignment-in-bash) – Benjamin W. Sep 01 '22 at 11:28
1. while : do ..... done 2. The script is in ksh – xLioneth Sep 01 '22 at 11:37
it looks like you want to use an array – stark Sep 01 '22 at 11:48
Without using arrays there is no possible way? – xLioneth Sep 01 '22 at 11:55

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