How to copy an array in Bash?

Question

I have an array of applications, initialized like this:

depends=$(cat ~/Depends.txt)

When I try to parse the list and copy it to a new arra

Answer 1

The simplest way to copy a non-associative array in bash is to:

arrayClone=("${oldArray[@]}")

or to add elements to a preexistent array:

someArray+=("${oldArray[@]}")

Newlines/spaces/IFS in the elements will be preserved.

For copying associative arrays, Isaac's solutions work great.