bash script with array

[elifafd]

Hallo,

I am a newbie here, i hope somebody can help me.

I am trying to read an xml file and use some of its information

The xml file contains multiple adresses

These adresses contain multiple words (for example "Oude Gracht 12"

<afl_var_adres>Oude Gracht 12</afl_var_adres>

What i have so far

I read the xml file and put the data in an array

adres=`awk '/<afl_var_adres>/ {stp=index($0,">")+1; \
newstr=substr($0,stp); \
etp=index(newstr,"<")-1; \
print substr(newstr,0,etp); \
}' $xmlfile`

L_ARRAY=( `echo ${adres}` )

What happens all the words from 1 line (Oude Gracht 12) are filled in L_Array[0], L_Array[1] and L_Array[2]


echo $L_Array[0] outputs "Oude"
echo $L_Array[1] outputs "Gracht"
echo $L_Array[2] outputs "12"


I would like to have the full address in one array field

like:
echo $L_Array[0]
outputs:
Oude Gracht 12

Anyone any suggestion

Thanks in advance

[nmset]

L_ARRAY=$(echo ${adres})

or

L_ARRAY=${adres}

With test data, the above writings did what you want. Don't know how and why for the first writing above, neither for the splitting that happened the way you wrote. If someone could explain, that would be great !