gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Index based array -- both "hello" and "bar" evaluate to 0:

indarr["hello"]="world!"
indarr["bar"]="baz"

echo "Contents of indarr:"
for k in "${!indarr[@]}"
do
	echo "<$k>: <${indarr[$k]}>"
done


# String-associative array:

declare -A strarr

strarr["hello"]="world!"
strarr["bar"]="baz"

echo "Contents of strarr:"
for k in "${!strarr[@]}"
do
	echo "<$k>: <${strarr[$k]}>"
done