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

We can use tr command to split string into the array object. It works both MacOS and Linux

  #!/usr/bin/env bash
  currentVersion="1.0.0.140"
  arrayData=($(echo $currentVersion | tr "." "\n"))
  len=${#arrayData[@]}
  for (( i=0; i<=$((len-1)); i++ )); do 
       echo "index $i - value ${arrayData[$i]}"
  done

Another option use IFS command

IFS='.' read -ra arrayData <<< "$currentVersion"
#It is the same as tr
arrayData=($(echo $currentVersion | tr "." "\n"))

#Print the split string
for i in "${arrayData[@]}"
do
    echo $i
done