From d1146a45d6b92ffe78f8e9b4c8085c7bbbaeb938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: haydn <haydn.b.trigg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 22:37:32 +0930
Subject: [PATCH] Add 'bash/associative_array.bash'

Associative Arrays and how to iterate over them
---
 bash/associative_array.bash | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 bash/associative_array.bash

diff --git a/bash/associative_array.bash b/bash/associative_array.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf3eb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bash/associative_array.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# associative_array.bash. Derived from:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3112687/how-to-iterate-over-associative-arrays-in-bash
+
+# Make an array and stuff it full of values
+declare -A array
+array[repo_one]=true
+array[repo_two]=true
+array[repo_three]=false
+
+# The key is accessed using the exclamation point
+for i in "${!array[@]}"
+do
+  echo "key  : $i"
+  if ${array[$i]}; then
+    echo "$i is true"
+  fi
+done
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