How to merge two arrays in a zipper like fashion in Bash?

Question

I am trying to merge two arrays into one in a zipper like fashion. I have difficulty to make that happen.

array1=(one three five seven)
array2=(two four six          


        

Answer 1

Assuming both arrays are the same size,

unset result
for (( i=0; i<${#array1[*]}; ++i)); do
    result+=( "${array1[$i]}" "${array2[$i]}" )
done