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

Another way would be:

string="Paris, France, Europe"
IFS=', ' arr=(${string})

Now your elements are stored in "arr" array. To iterate through the elements:

for i in ${arr[@]}; do echo $i; done