#!/bin/bash

# Indirect variable referencing.
# This has a few of the attributes of references in C++.


a=letter_of_alphabet
letter_of_alphabet=z

echo "a = $a"           # Direct reference.

echo "Now a = ${!a}"    # Indirect reference.
#  The ${!variable} notation is more intuitive than the old
#+ eval var1=\$$var2

echo

t=table_cell_3
table_cell_3=24
echo "t = ${!t}"                      # t = 24
table_cell_3=387
echo "Value of t changed to ${!t}"    # 387
# No 'eval' necessary.

#  This is useful for referencing members of an array or table,
#+ or for simulating a multi-dimensional array.
#  An indexing option (analogous to pointer arithmetic)
#+ would have been nice. Sigh.

exit 0

# See also, ind-ref.sh example.