ksh scripting- array formats

[practitioner]

Hi Everyone,

I have a ksh script that queries a database. The query output looks like this:

$queryResult = [name1 age1 name2 age2 name3 age3]

echo ${queryResult[0]} = name1
echo ${queryResult[1]} = age1
echo ${queryResult[2]} = name2
echo ${queryResult[3]} = age2

...

I need to insert those values into a new array that would look like this:

$newArray = [name1age1 name2age2 name3age3]

echo ${newArray[0]} = name1age1
echo ${newArray[1]} = name2age2
echo ${newArray[2]} = name3age3

Basically, I am trying to concatenate each person's name and age into one postion within $newArray. If anyone can provide me with a solution to this, especially using a function, I would be most appreciative. Thanks.

[alf55]

The "$" does not belong on the left side of the assignment unless you are attempting to show the "input prompt".

queryResult = [name1 age1 name2 age2 name3 age3]

echo ${queryResult[0]}
echo ${queryResult[1]}
echo ${queryResult[2]}
echo ${queryResult[3]}
echo ${queryResult[4]}
echo ${queryResult[5]}

newArray = [ ${queryResult[0]}${queryResult[1]} ${queryResult[2]}${queryResult[3]} ${queryResult[4]}${queryResult[5]} ]

or

newarray = [ "${queryResult[0]}${queryResult[1]}" "${queryResult[2]}${queryResult[3]}" "${queryResult[4]}${queryResult[5]}" ]

echo ${newarray[0]}
echo ${newarray[1]}
echo ${newarray[2]}