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formatting and grammar fixes #730

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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions concepts/more-arrays/about.md
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Expand Up @@ -92,22 +92,25 @@ We can do the same thing with arrays to expand a slice of the array.
myarray=(one two three four)

subarray=("${myarray[@]:0:2}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="one" [1]="two")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="one" [1]="two")

subarray=("${myarray[@]:1:3}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="two" [1]="three" [2]="four")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="two" [1]="three" [2]="four")
```

Omitting the length part means "from the offset to the end of the array":

```bash
subarray=("${myarray[@]:2}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="three" [1]="four")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="three" [1]="four")
```

## Passing an Array to a Function

This is not as straightforward as other languages you might be know.
This is not as straightforward as other languages you might know.
There are two main techniques to pass an array to a function.

### Pass the Elements
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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions concepts/more-arrays/introduction.md
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Expand Up @@ -92,22 +92,25 @@ We can do the same thing with arrays to expand a slice of the array.
myarray=(one two three four)

subarray=("${myarray[@]:0:2}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="one" [1]="two")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="one" [1]="two")

subarray=("${myarray[@]:1:3}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="two" [1]="three" [2]="four")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="two" [1]="three" [2]="four")
```

Omitting the length part means "from the offset to the end of the array":

```bash
subarray=("${myarray[@]:2}")
declare -p subarray # => subarray=([0]="three" [1]="four")
declare -p subarray
# => declare -a subarray=([0]="three" [1]="four")
```

## Passing an Array to a Function

This is not as straightforward as other languages you might be know.
This is not as straightforward as other languages you might know.
There are two main techniques to pass an array to a function.

### Pass the Elements
Expand Down