Release 1.2.0 adds Vectors and Maps through the GNU Bash mechanism of "Arrays"

[Lowell Boggs, Jr.]

As of release 1.2.0, vectors and maps are available in the brash intepreter following the model defined by GNU Bash's arrays -- both normal (vector) and associative (map) arrays.

Array's are declared using the the following syntax:

declare -a vectorName
declare -A mapname

It is also possible to declare a vector by assigining a value to some member of the vector:

asYetUndefinedVariableName[40]=stuff

In the above example, a new array will be created and location 40 will be populated.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to declare "associative arrays" without using the declare -A statement.