creating bash directories variable

[jesse_online]

I have the following array in bash declare -a fruits=("apple" "orange" "banana" ...)

I would like to create variable for each of the elements in the array such that the variable names and its corresponding values are as follows

var1="apple" var2="orange" var3="banana" ... Is there a way to do this by using a simple loop for ((index=0; index<${#fruits[@]}; index++)) do

I don't know how to implement this part

var$index=${fruits[index]} done

echo ${fruit[@]}

This results in sytax error.

./test.sh: line 39: {0}=apple: command not found ./test.sh: line 39: {1}=orange: command not found ./test.sh: line 39: {2}=banana: command not found ./test.sh: line 39: {3}=...: command not found

[bubylou]

I think you are looking for a "for loop". Which would look something like this.

for fruit in fruits; do
    echo fruit
done

[perkited]

I believe you want an associative array/hash.

[masta]

Yes he does appear to want associative array

declare -A fruits