[NTLUG:Discuss] sh coding problem

[Fred James]

BINGO!
My humble thanks!

Chris Cox wrote:

> In pure Bourne shell...
>
> MOM_CHAIR="Too soft"
> POP_CHAIR="Too hard"
> KID_CHAIR="Just right"
> while read person; do
>     chair_var="${person}_CHAIR"
>     eval chair_value=\$${chair_var}
>     echo "$chair_value"
> done
>
> Fred James wrote:
> >
> > This is Bourne shell scripting.
> >
> > Given similar environment variables such as
> >      MOM_CHAIR
> >      POP_CHAIR
> >      KID_CHAIR
> > I want to build the variable name on the fly and retrieve the value to base a decision
> > on in my script.
> > Hints?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Consider Fractals
> > a large, calm, black cat
> > who seems often to be my spiritual leader.
> >
> >
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Consider Fractals
a large, calm, black cat
who seems often to be my spiritual leader.


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