Join

array_split¶

Split a string on a delimiter into a named array. The delimiter must be a single character.

Example¶

array_split myarr , "a,b,c,d"
printf '%s\n' "${myarr[@]}"
# => a
# => b
# => c
# => d

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Name of the array variable.
• $2 (string): Single-character delimiter.
• $3 (string): The string to split.

Exit codes¶

• 0: Always

array_join¶

Join array elements with a delimiter and output a single string.

Example¶

array_join '|' a b c d
# => a|b|c|d
array_join '||||' a b c d
# => a||||b||||c||||d
testarray=( a 'b c' d e )
array_join ',' "${testarray[@]}"
# => a,b c,d,e

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): The delimiter string.
• ... (string): Elements to join, passed by value.

Exit codes¶

• 0: Success
• 1: No arguments given.

Output on stdout¶

• The joined string.