I need to add a selection within the bash function below and am having some trouble doing so.
phox2b() {
printf "\n\n"
printf "What is the id of the patient getting Phox2B analysis : "; read id
printf "Is this an intronic variant? Y/N "; read match_choice
case "$match_choice" in
[yY]) id="${id}";
printf "%s \n" "Please enter variant(s), use a comma between multiple: "
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=","
read -a variants
for (( i = 0; i < ${#variants[@]}; i++ ))
do
printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" "${variants[$i]}" >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt
done
IFS=$OLDIFS
[nN]) id="${id}";
printf "Please enter the coding variant the following is an example"
echo " c.274G>T"
printf "variant(s), use a comma between multiple: "; IFS="," read -a variant
[ -z "$id" ] && printf "\n No ID supplied. Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return
[ "$id" = "end" ] && printf "\n Leaving match function." && sleep 2 && return
for ((i=0; i<${#variant[@]}; i++))
do printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" ${variant[$i]} >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt
done
add2text ${id}.txt
additional
}
case "$var" in
pattern1)
do something here
;; # this is important to have
pattern2)
do something here
do something more if wanted
;; # this is important to have
cache_all)
do something here
;; # this is important to have
esac # closing the case and it is not optional
If you could elaborate, at least, how is failing for you, that might help even more.
for ((i=0; i<${#variant[@]}; i++))
do printf "NM_003924.3:%s\n" ${variant[$i]} >> c:/Users/cmccabe/Desktop/Python27/out.txt
This will eliminate the indexing.
for v in ${variant[@]}; do
#do something with "${v}"
Why don't you give ANY hint regarding the problem? On third sight - first and second failed! - I can't find the esac statement nor the necessary ;; for the case construct.
What - besides it's extremely messy - is the problem with that code?
I apologize for my hasty post... I was in the middle of a problem that is no longer an issue. Anyway, what was failing was the syntax of how the bash was written. I will try again, using the suggestions and post the results. Btw, I have been trying to find tutorials or books on how to write code more clearly/readable, do you have any sugesstions? Thank you :).