read "n" values

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi
i need a shell script which can read n values and store in corresponding variables.

algorithm:
1)get total no of values from user eg : 3
2)read n inputs from user. In this case its 3
3)store the values read from user in variable
4)print it at the end of the script.

2

Sounds like homework. Can you show us what have you tried so far and where you are stuck?

Regards

3

#!/bin/ksh
echo "enter total"
read a
i=1
while [[ $i -le $a ]]
do
echo "Enter value $i"
read b
echo "the values is $b"
i=$(($i+1))
done

i want the values to be stored in individual variables and print at the end of the script

4

Use arrays, search with the Google Custom Search right above this page for ksh arrays and you'll find a bunch of threads regarding this topic.

Regards