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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:14:37 +0200
From: Valodim Skywalker <valodim@mugenguild.com>
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Subject: Re: How to iterate over an array of associative arrays
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I couldn't get that to work, either. The associative part seems to be
lost after (P) indirection, since elements can be addressed numerically.

Anyways, here's an alternative suggestion:

  typeset -A a1 a2;
  arr=( a2 a1 ); a1=(key val1); a2=(key val2);
  for i in $arr; echo ${(e):-\$$i\[key]}

This uses (e), so beware of security implications.

 - V

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