# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # nameref variables as for loop index variables are special v1=1 v2=2 # simple for loop for v in v1 v2 do typeset -n ref=$v echo $ref done unset v set -- first second third fourth fifth # unless you put a ${!v} in the for loop, ksh93 misbehaves typeset -n v=v1 for v in v1 v2; do echo "${!v}: $v" done unset v # example cribbed from ksh93 o'reilly book first="I am first" second="I am in the middle" third="I am last" typeset -n ref=first for ref in first second third ; do echo "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref" done echo final state: "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref" readonly one=1 readonly two=2 readonly three=3 typeset -n ref=one for ref in one two three; do echo "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref" done echo final state: "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref" unset ref typeset -n ref=one readonly ref for ref in one two three; do echo "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref" done echo final state: "ref -> ${!ref}, value: $ref"