Using a variable to refer to another variable in Bash

Question

x=1
c1=string1
c2=string2
c3=string3

echo $c1
string1

I\'d like to have the output be string1 by using something like: echo $(c

Answer 1

if you have bash 4.0, you can use associative arrays.. Or you can just use arrays. Another tool you can use is awk

eg

awk 'BEGIN{
  c[1]="string1"
  c[2]="string2"
  c[3]="string3"
  for(x=1;x<=3;x++){
    print c[x]
  }
}'