array name in a variable

Is it possible to put the array name in a var and use it ?

ex:
$1="array"
$1[3] = 4



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Hi,

In article <ci53re$5t2$1@le1.cs.unibo.it>, Tony wrote:
> Is it possible to put the array name in a var and use it ?
>
> ex:
>  $1="array"
> $1[3] = 4

with most awks it's not possible.  The AWK, mawk, gawk--all compile
the program at the beginning to an internal form and you cannot invoke
the parser later on.  But you can use shell, of course, eg:

arrname=array
awk 'BEGIN {
...
'$arrname'[3] = 4
...

HTH,
Stepan Kasal

thank you very much

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"Stepan Kasal" <kasal@ucw.cz> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Hi,
>
> In article <ci53re$5t2$1@le1.cs.unibo.it>, Tony wrote: 
>
> with most awks it's not possible.  The AWK, mawk, gawk--all compile
> the program at the beginning to an internal form and you cannot invoke
> the parser later on.  But you can use shell, of course, eg:
>
> arrname=array
> awk 'BEGIN {
> ...
> '$arrname'[3] = 4
> ...
>
> HTH,
> Stepan Kasal

Tony wrote:

> Is it possible to put the array name in a var and use it ?
>
> ex:
>  $1="array"
> $1[3] = 4

Use a two dimensional array where $1 is the first element.

$1="array";
x[$1,3]=4;

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