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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 | # usage: reverse arrayname
reverse()
{
local -a R
local -i i
local rlen temp
# make r a copy of the array whose name is passed as an arg
eval R=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \)
# reverse R
rlen=${#R[@]}
for ((i=0; i < rlen/2; i++ ))
do
temp=${R[i]}
R[i]=${R[rlen-i-1]}
R[rlen-i-1]=$temp
done
# and assign R back to array whose name is passed as an arg
eval $1=\( \"\$\{R\[@\]\}\" \)
}
A=(1 2 3 4 5 6 7)
echo "${A[@]}"
reverse A
echo "${A[@]}"
reverse A
echo "${A[@]}"
# unset last element of A
alen=${#A[@]}
unset A[$alen-1]
echo "${A[@]}"
# ashift -- like shift, but for arrays
ashift()
{
local -a R
local n
case $# in
1) n=1 ;;
2) n=$2 ;;
*) echo "$FUNCNAME: usage: $FUNCNAME array [count]" >&2
exit 2;;
esac
# make r a copy of the array whose name is passed as an arg
eval R=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \)
# shift R
R=( "${R[@]:$n}" )
# and assign R back to array whose name is passed as an arg
eval $1=\( \"\$\{R\[@\]\}\" \)
}
ashift A 2
echo "${A[@]}"
ashift A
echo "${A[@]}"
ashift A 7
echo "${A[@]}"
# Sort the members of the array whose name is passed as the first non-option
# arg. If -u is the first arg, remove duplicate array members.
array_sort()
{
local -a R
local u
case "$1" in
-u) u=-u ; shift ;;
esac
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
echo "array_sort: argument expected" >&2
return 1
fi
# make r a copy of the array whose name is passed as an arg
eval R=\( \"\$\{$1\[@\]\}\" \)
# sort R
R=( $( printf "%s\n" "${A[@]}" | sort $u) )
# and assign R back to array whose name is passed as an arg
eval $1=\( \"\$\{R\[@\]\}\" \)
return 0
}
A=(3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 2)
array_sort A
echo "${A[@]}"
A=(3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 2)
array_sort -u A
echo "${A[@]}"
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