Hi, have a litel problem wiht shell variable handling: I have a ksh Array variable where the base name of the variable includes a variable itself ${Array$c[*]} I have some problems in handling of this kind of combination. e.g: ArrayFRA[1]="frank" ArrayBIL[1]="bill" c=FRA Now I would like to use this combination: echo ${Array$c[1]} but it didn't work. Doese anybody know a solution ? Thanks in advance Frank

Can these be simple variables instead of array variables, or do you need to use slots other than [1]? Being array variables makes this a tough problem. I tried all sorts of approaches, finally came up with the following, which pre-constructs the expression string: ArrayFRA[1]="frank" ArrayBIL[1]="bill" c=FRA Aexpr=\${Array$c[1]} eval echo $Aexpr c=BIL Aexpr=\${Array$c[1]} eval echo $Aexpr

Hi James, yes you are right this can be used as work around for this. But I am not realy satisfiyed with this. I already use this way in my scripts but it must exist another soulution. Anyway thank you very much for your effort. Frank