Assign the content of
LASTNAME="Lin Dong Tsai Hsieh Yu" string input
arr=($LASTNAME) assign string to the array named arr
echo ${arr[0]} ${arr[3]} print the values of arr[0] and arr[3]
echo ${arr[*]} print all the values in array arr
echo ${!arr[*]} print the indices of array arr
echo ${#arr[*]} print the lengths of array arr
echo ${#arr[@]} also print the lengths of array arr
b=`seq 1 9` b is a string
brr=(`seq 1 9`) brr is an array
arr=(`echo "Lin Dong Tsai Hsieh Yu"`)assign array via stdout