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bash assigning to new array

ss="abcdefghi"
my_array=( `echo $ss | grep -o . ` )

### without for loops ###########
declare -a NewArray=("${my_array[@]}")
echo ${NewArray[@]}

########### using a for loop #################
for i in "${my_array[@]}"
do
     new_array+=($i)
done

for i in "${new_array[@]}"
do
	echo $i
done

bash assign array to variable

#create array:  or for int..  myArray=(1 2 3 4 5)
declare -a myArray=("cat" "dog" "mouse" "frog")
#to copy array instead of referencing aka array.slice(0)
declare -a myNewArray=("${myArray[@]}")
#slice array: returns ("cat" "dog")
declare -a myFirstHalf=( "${array[@]:0:2}" )