[ILUG] dynamic variable creation in sh

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi folks,

in BASH, I can create arrays easily enough.  Not so it would seem in SH.

Instead, I'm hoping to create variables:

VAR1="I"
VAR2="pity"
VAR3="the"
VAR4="fool."

Then I'd like to be able to loop over an index i,
set CURRVAR="VAR$i"
and get the value of $CURRVAR

I'm having a little trouble actually doing it though.  I can echo the value
of the variable using eval, but not capture it for use in another string.
Can someone shed some light on if/how this can be done in SH?

Many thanks,
Gavin