How to initiate array element to 0 in bash?

Question

declare -a MY_ARRAY=()

Does the declaration of array in this way in bash will initiate all the array elements to 0?

If not, How to initiate

Answer 1

Yes, it initiates an empty array and assigns it to MY_ARRAY. You could verify with something like this:

#!/bin/bash
declare -a MY_ARRAY=()
echo ${#MY_ARRAY} # this prints out the length of the array