Re: [Help-bash] Storing cursor positions using tput into an array.

[Dan Douglas]

On 09/14/2017 03:44 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote> Bash *cannot* store an array of 
n-tuples (n-element lists), so a single
> array of (X,Y) coordinate pairs simply doesn't make sense in bash.
> But once you know that you just want to store a bunch of (X,Y) coords,
> you can use something bash *can* do, like two separate arrays that
> share a common set of indices.

I'd probably use one array of n-tuples in this situation. Its
particularly useful in loops. You just refer to an offset + n args on
each iteration. Two arrays works fine too, of course.

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