Dynamic variable names for an array in bash

Question

I have an array called \"loop\".

For each element in \"loop\" I want to create an array whose name contains the text of the current element.

I then want to l

Answer 1

It ain't pretty, but it's a start:

#!/bin/bash
loop=(
first
second
third
)

for word in "${loop[@]}"    
do
    var=${word}_holder
    eval "declare -a ${var}"
    eval "${var}=( Hello World )"
    eval 'nEntries=${#'${var}'[@]}'
    echo ${var}
    for (( ii=0; ii<$nEntries; ii++ )); do
       cmd='echo ${'${var}'['$ii']}'
       eval ${cmd}
    done
done