bash-like arrays with busybox / ash

[Roy Marples]

Guenter wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just suprisingly found that latest busybox 1.13.3 seems not yet
> support arrays like bash does, f.e. something like:
> 
> #!/bin/ash
> url='http://....'
> files=(`wget -q -O - $url`)
> for ((i=0; i<${#files[*]}; i++)); do
>   echo "$i - ${files[$i]}"
> done
> 
> returns:
> ./getlist: line 3: syntax error: "(" unexpected

You can use arrays with any shell with a little thought

#!/bin/ash
url='http://....'
set -- `wget -q -O - $url`
i = 0
for file; do
	echo "$i - $file"
	i=$(($i + 1))
done

DISCLAIMER: The above was typed directly into an email and not actually 
tested.

 > are there any plans to implement arrays soon?

Hopefully there are no plans to implement any bash specific features :)

Thanks

Roy