Question about declaring local variables in a bash script

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June 18th, 2006, 08:24 AM

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Question about declaring local variables in a bash script

Hi guys,

In a bash script, are variables that are declared local able to be declared with the same name in two different functions? For example,

Code:

f ()
{
local v=foo
h
}

g ()
{
local v=bar
h
}

h ()
{
echo $v
}

f #will this say foo?
g #will this say bar?

Thanks.

June 18th, 2006, 12:49 PM

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Why don't you try it and see what happens?

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