Bash indirect reference to an associative array

Question

In this very simplified example, I need to address both key and value of an array element:

declare -A writer
writer[H.P.]=Lovecraft
writer[Stephen]=King
writ         


        

Answer 1

From the Bash Reference Guide:

The positional parameters are temporarily replaced when a shell function is executed (see Shell Functions).

So you could do this:

fullname()
{
    for first
    do
        echo "$first ${writer[$first]}"
    done
}
fullname "${!writer[@]}"