check if contents of an array is empty

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

hi,

I have this array

a=("" "" "")

Is there a command that I can use to check if all members of the are empty?
I really don't like to use for or while loop.

thanks!

---------- Post updated at 02:23 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:15 PM ----------

wait, I got it already

i=echo ${a[@]} | wc -w
if [ $i -eq 0] ; then
    echo empty
fi

anyway, any other solutions will be appreciated

2

Another way :

set -- ${a[*]}
if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
    echo empty
fi

Jean-Pierre.