bash_n_examples/bash/array/_bash_array_stringindex.sh

   1
   2 myarray=('a a' 'vv' 'vvv' 'b b' 'c c')
   3 echo "${!myarray[@]}"
   4 declare -g -A myarray_index
   5 for i in "${!myarray[@]}"; do
   6     eval myarray_index["${myarray[$i]}"]=$i
   7 done
   8
   9 member="vv"
  10
  11 # the "|| echo NOT FOUND" below is needed if you're using "set -e"
  12 test "${myarray_index[$member]}" && echo FOUND || echo NOT FOUND
  13 member="c c"
  14 test "${myarray_index[$member]}" && echo FOUND || echo NOT FOUND
  15 test "${myarray_index[a a]}" && echo FOUND || echo NOT FOUND
  16 echo "${myarray_index[$member]}"
  17 echo "${myarray_index[a a]}"
  18 echo "${myarray_index[a]}"