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+# aref.bash --- pseudo-array manipulating routines
+# Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
+# Created 1992-07-01
+# Last modified: 1993-02-03
+# Public domain
+
+# Conversion to bash v2 syntax done by Chet Ramey
+
+# Commentary:
+# Code:
+
+#:docstring aref:
+# Usage: aref NAME INDEX
+#
+# In array NAME, access element INDEX (0-origin)
+#:end docstring:
+
+###;;;autoload
+function aref ()
+{
+    local name="$1"
+    local index="$2"
+
+    set -- ${!name}
+    [ $index -ge 1 ] && shift $index
+    echo $1
+}
+
+#:docstring string_aref:
+# Usage: aref STRING INDEX
+#
+# Echo the INDEXth character in STRING (0-origin) on stdout. 
+#:end docstring:
+
+###;;;autoload
+function string_aref ()
+{
+  local stuff=${1:$2}
+  echo ${stuff:0:1}
+}
+
+provide aref
+
+# aref.bash ends here