Variable as bash array index?

Question

#!/bin/bash

set -x

array_counter=0
array_value=1

array=(0 0 0)

for number in ${array[@]}
do
    array[$array_counter]=\"$array_value\"
    array_counter=$(($array_co         


        

Answer 1

Bash seems perfectly happy with variables as array indexes:

$ array=(a b c)
$ arrayindex=2
$ echo ${array[$arrayindex]}
c
$ array[$arrayindex]=MONKEY
$ echo ${array[$arrayindex]}
MONKEY

Answer 2

Your example actually works.

echo ${array[@]}

confirms this.

You might try more efficient way of incrementing your index:

((array_counter++))