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the string IP include some IP address numbers as the following example

echo ${IP[*]}

192.9.200.1 192.9.200.2 192.9.200.3

is it possible to remove some IP address number from the list ( using ksh shell ) ?

for example

I want to delete the IP - 192.9.200.2 from the string "IP"

so I will get the following

echo ${IP[*]}

192.9.200.1 192.9.200.3
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IP=(192.9.200.1 192.9.200.2 192.9.200.3)
remove=192.9.200.2
new=()
for ip in "${IP[@]}"; do [[ $ip != $remove ]] && new+=($ip); done
echo "${new[*]}"

192.9.200.1 192.9.200.3

Or

for ((i=0; i<${#IP[@]}; i++)); do
    [[ ${IP[i]} == $remove ]] && unset IP[i]
done
echo "${IP[*]}"                                                                 

192.9.200.1 192.9.200.3
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It's possible, but since they are not hashed, you have to iterate over each element:

i=0
for item in "${IP[@]}"; do
    if [ "$item" = 192.9.200.2 ]; then
        unset IP["$i"]
        break # Remove this if the item could appear more than once
    fi
    let i++
done
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Is the separate i variable used due to a specific ksh version? For now I can only check MirBSD Korn Shell, but there for item in "${!IP[@]}"; do if [ "${IP[item]}" = 192.9.200.2 ]; then unset IP[item]; fi ; done works. –  manatwork Jun 23 '13 at 11:24
    
@manatwork I'm not totally sure how portable "${!var[@]}" is in older ksh variants, so I avoided it. –  Chris Down Jun 23 '13 at 11:57

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