Associative arrays

Versions

[{“Name”:“4.0”,“GroupName”:null},{“Name”:“4.1”,“GroupName”:null},{“Name”:“4.2”,“GroupName”:null},{“Name”:“4.3”,“GroupName”:null},{“Name”:“4.4”,“GroupName”:null}]

Syntax

• declare -A assoc_array # without initializing
• declare -A assoc_array=( [key]=“value” [another key]=“mind the spaces” [ three spaces ]=“all blanks sum up”)
• echo ${assoc_array[@]} # the values
• echo ${!assoc_array[@]} # the keys