arrays and while loops in bash

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

hi guys,
i have an array called ARRAY which has elements in it... i am trying to assign elements of ARRAY to master_array..
i get a =: command not found error..

i=0 
while [ $i -le 11 ]
do
${master_array}=${ARRAY}
((i++))
done

is there something i am missing?

2

This may work:

i=0 
while [ $i -le 11 ]
do
master_array=${ARRAY}
((i++))
done
3

ok thanks that worked!!
so you dont use $ while assigning a variable with a value but use it on the rhs? sorry i am new to scripting..

4

$ is used to extract not to assign.

5

ok that helps..thanks