two dimensional arrays in bash

2-dimensional-array.bash

#!/bin/bash

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A=(z y x)
B=(w v u)
C=(t s r)
ABC=(A B C)

for array in "${ABC[@]}"; do
	declare -n letters=$array
	echo "${letters[*]}"
done

# OUTPUT:
# z y x
# w v u
# t s r