Re: fix scope problem with variable in bash script

29 Jul 2022


      On 7/28/22 23:44, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
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On 29.07.2022 06:27, David C. Rankin wrote:
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But those are just hints, nothing prevents myint="mystring".
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ a="1+2"
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ echo $a
1+2
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ declare -i b
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ b="1+2"
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$ echo $b
3
bor@bor-Latitude-E5450:~$
Chuckling -- good example,

   but with b="mystring", echo $b would still by "mystring" ;-)

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