csh - now how about pseudo-arrays?

[Peter Klammer]

OK, I'm learning, I'm getting better at this...

Yes, our .cshrc ended with 'cd', apparently to initiate the pretty
prompt via the cd alias.  So if I change that to 'cd .' instead, we
get the pretty prompt without reverting to HOME in every subshell.

Now I would like to know if csh can be warped into array-like subscripting.
I am trying to write a table-driven menu in a csh script, so that I can
loop through cases instead of adding another explicit paragraph of case
code whenever we expand the menu.  Here's the rough outline:
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#csh
# menu4

@ n = 0
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (EXIT EXIT)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (ADDUSER ADD a new user account)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (MODUSER MODIFY a user account)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (DELUSER DELETE a user account)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (SHOWUSER SHOW a user account)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (ADDCLASS Add a new CLASS)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (ADDGROUP Add a new GROUP)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (DELGROUP CANCEL a group)
@ n += 1; set entry$n = (INSTRUCT INSTRUCTION)

#This, for specific case 3, works:
    set command = $entry3[1]
    set prompt = "${entry3[2-]}"
    echo The command $command will $prompt

#This, for general case i, fails, with message 'Variable Syntax':
@ i = 1
while( $i <= $n )
    set command = ${entry$i[1]}
    set prompt = "${entry$i[2-]}"
    echo The command $command will $prompt
    @ i += 1
end
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That's as close as I have been able to get in a couple days trying
without the Anderson book.  I'd be happy to consider another approach,
but for some other reasons we're kinda bound to doing it in C-shell.
(I'd rather do it in awk, but our awk here can't import the arv command
line, so it's (snicker) awkward.)