Bash array quoting

test.bash

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mkdir "/tmp/test_bash"
mkdir "/tmp/test_bash/foo bar"
mkdir "/tmp/test_bash/bar baz"

mkdir "/tmp/test_bash/foo"
mkdir "/tmp/test_bash/bar"

touch "/tmp/test_bash/foo bar/file"
touch "/tmp/test_bash/bar baz/file"
touch "/tmp/test_bash/foo/file"
touch "/tmp/test_bash/bar/file"

str="/tmp/test_bash/foo bar;/tmp/test_bash/bar baz"
echo "str: '$str'"

IFS=";"
array=($str)
unset IFS

echo "array[0]: '${array[0]}'"
echo "array[1]: '${array[1]}'"
echo "array[@]: '${array[@]}'"

args=`python -c "import sys; print(sys.argv[1:]);" "${array[@]}"`
echo "args: '$args'"

result="`find "${array[@]}" -name file`"
echo "results: '$result'"

rm -fr "/tmp/test_bash"