How to rename an associative array in Bash?

Question

I need to loop over an associative array and drain the contents of it to a temp array (and perform some update to the value).

The leftover contents of the first arra

Answer 1

With associative arrays, I don't believe there's any other method than iterating

for key in "${!TEMPARRAY[@]}"  # make sure you include the quotes there
do
  MAINARRAY["$key"]="${TEMPARRAY["$key"]}"
  # or: MAINARRAY+=( ["$key"]="${TEMPARRAY["$key"]}" )
done

Answer 2

MAINARRAY=( "${TEMPARRAY[@]}" )