2012/3/13 ольга крыжановская <[email protected]>

> Clark, ar=() creates an empty compound variable, not an array.
> You can use typeset +p ar to see the typeset attributes currently
> being defined for a specific variable.
>

Thanks. But how can I get an empty array when initializing an
multi-dimensional array as this would not work

typeset -a arr=( ( 11 22 33 ) ( ) )

>
> As a rule of good shell script coding style, always declare variables
> with non string types using typeset <typespec> <varname> before using
> them.
>
> Olga
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Clark J. Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > $ echo ${.sh.version}
> > Version JMP 93u+ 2012-02-14
> > $ arr=( )
> > $ echo "$arr"
> > (
> > )    <---- ???
> > $ typeset -a arr=( )    <-- But this works fine.
> > $ echo "$arr"
> >
> > $
> >
> > Another case:
> >
> > $ typeset -a arr=( ( 11 22 33 ) ( 44 55 ) )
> > $ arr[1]+=( 66 )
> > $ echo ${arr[1][@]}
> > 44 55 66
> > $ arr[1]=( )    <-- Here I want to set arr[1] to an empty array
> > ksh-20120214: 1: invalid variable name
> > $
> >
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