I was writing this simple Bubble Sort code in Bash and I faced this strange error. Although I am getting the correct output, this error keeps bugging me.
Output
Enter the array elements: 9 4 1 2 3 0 4 5
Array elements:
9 4 1 2 3 0 4 5
bubble.bash: line 11: [: 9: unary operator expected
Sorted Array elements:
0 1 2 3 4 4 5 9
The Code:
#!/bin/bash
read -p "Enter the array elements: " -a arr
echo "Array elements: "
for elem in ${arr[@]}
do
echo -ne "$elem "
done
echo
for (( i = 0; i <= ${#arr[@]}-1; i++ )); do
for (( j = 0; j <= ${#arr[@]}-$i-1; j++ )); do
if [ ${arr[j]} -gt ${arr[j+1]} ]; then
t=${arr[$j]}
arr[$j]=${arr[$j+1]}
arr[$j+1]=$t
fi
done
done
echo "Sorted Array elements: "
for elem in ${arr[@]}
do
echo -ne "$elem "
done
echo
Change the line
for (( i = 0; i <= ${#arr[@]}-1; i++ ));
to:
for (( i = 0; i < ${#arr[@]}-1; i++ ));
and
for (( j = 0; j <= ${#arr[@]}-$i-1; j++ ))
to:
for (( j = 0; j < ${#arr[@]}-$i-1; j++ ))