How do i define a user variable in a shell script?

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Variables store various data, integers & strings. No spaces between the variable name and the assignment.

A user-defined variable is one that you assign. It helps structure the script.

These are all variables. The last one is an array variable.

Myfruit=pineapple
Mynumber=5
Myitems=(cheese butter flour eggs sugar)
echo ${Myitems[1]}

The array can be accessed via the array index number. As shown on line 4. echo ${Myitems[1]}. Array variables allow you to assign multiple values.

To print or access all the array values use echo ${Myitems[*]}