Array of Strings in KSH 1

[LadyDragon]

I am attempting to create an array of strings using KSH but it doesn't appear to work:

set -A string_list "string one" "string two" "string three"

Does ksh allow storage of strings in arrays, and if so, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance to anyone out there who can help with this.

Juls

 

[SamBones]

That's the correct syntax to create the array. How are you trying to use it? What's the error you're having?

It should be something like...

    $ set -A string_list "string one" "string two" "string three"
    $ print ${string_list[0]}
    string one
    $ print ${string_list[1]}
    string two
    $ print ${string_list[2]}
    string three
    $ print "Elements in array: ${#string_list[*]}
    3

Hope this helps.

 

[LadyDragon]

I'm trying to cycle through an array of error msgs and I don't seem to have it set up correctly to do this. Here is what I have:

#!/bin/ksh
set -A error_list "Unable To Connect" "invalid username" "Unable to log in" "load terminated with errors"
let i=0
while [ $i -lt 4 ]
do
        let count=$(grep -c ${error_list[$i]} test.txt)
        if [ $count > 0 ] then
             #do something here
        fi
        let i=i+1
done

However, I get the following output from the grep line:
ftwd02ss% errtest
grep: can't open To
grep: can't open Connect
errtest[6]: count=test.txt:2: bad number
Number of matches: 0
grep: can't open username
errtest[6]: count=test.txt:1: bad number
Number of matches: 0
grep: can't open to
grep: can't open log
grep: can't open in
errtest[6]: count=test.txt:2: bad number
Number of matches: 0
grep: can't open terminated
grep: can't open with
grep: can't open errors
errtest[6]: count=test.txt:1: bad number

Any ideas? I'm sure it's something stupid on my part, I'm just not seeing it. The code works when I substitute the actual string in quotes where I'm calling the array, which is what's really messing with me!

Thanks!
Juls

 

[aigles]

[tt]
let count=$(grep -c "${error_list[$i]}" test.txt)
[/tt]

Jean Pierre.

 

[LadyDragon]

THANK YOU! I think I'll go kick myself a few times now...