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 How to declare an array, append new elements, iterate over the array for processing.
 
+## associative_array.bash
+
+Numerical arrays are referenced using integers, and associative are referenced using strings. Associative Arrays can be handy when you want the key to have meaning. 
+
 ## booleans.bash
 
 BASH doesn't actually have booleans, but there's tricks to make variables behave enough like bools to be useful.