passing multiple arrays as a parameter in bash

Question

I have successfully been able to call a single array as a parameter, but I am having trouble passing through multiple arrays. Here is what I have so far:

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Answer 1

Characters in the third array have special meaning, in bash, two first arrays could be passed & printed like this:

#!/bin/bash

called_function()
{
    local local_array1=$1[@]      # i am guessing my problem lies here?
    local local_array2=$2[@] 

    echo ${!local_array1}
    echo ${!local_array2}
}

calling_function() 
{
    array1=(1, 2, 3, 4)
    array2=(a, b, c, d)

    called_function array1 array2 #array3
}

calling_function

produced this:

./test.sh 
1, 2, 3, 4
a, b, c, d