Split string into an array in Bash

Question

In a Bash script I would like to split a line into pieces and store them in an array.

The line:

Paris, France, Europe

I would like

Answer 1

This works for me on OSX:

string="1 2 3 4 5"
declare -a array=($string)

If your string has different delimiter, just 1st replace those with space:

string="1,2,3,4,5"
delimiter=","
declare -a array=($(echo $string | tr "$delimiter" " "))

Simple :-)