Dynamic case statement in bash

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to create a dynamic case statement in a bash script.

For example, let\'s say I have the output of an awk statement with the following c

Answer 1

A case statement is probably not the right tool for the job. If you store the awk output in an array then you can loop through the array to find if a choice is in it, and as a bonus can figure out which index that is, too.

#!/bin/bash

# Store command output in an array so each word is a separate array item.    
list=($(echo $'red\ngreen\nblue'))
my_var=blue

for ((i = 0; i < ${#list}; i++)); do
    if [[ ${list[$i]} = $my_var ]]; then
        echo "found at index $i"
        break
    fi
done

if ((i == ${#list})); then
    echo "not found"
fi