Copy a Bash array with empty elements

Question

I\'m having problems in bash (ver 4.2.25) copying arrays with empty elements. When I make a copy of an array into another variable, it does not copy any empty elements alon

Answer 1

Starting with Bash 4.3, you can do this

$ alpha=(bravo charlie 'delta  3' '' foxtrot)

$ declare -n golf=alpha

$ echo "${golf[2]}"
delta  3