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#### 
#### This function accepts an associative array variable name
#### as the first command line argument, and builds an ASCII
#### table of characters in that array.  Array index is 
#### the decimal, hex, or octal number associated with the 
#### character.  Value is the ASCII character.
#### 
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function mkord
{
  typeset IDX='${CNT}'
  [[ "_${2}" != "_" && "_${2}" =  "_8" ]] && IDX='$( printf "%o" 0x${i}${j} )'
  [[ "_${2}" != "_" && "_${2}" = "_16" ]] && IDX='${i}${j}'
  nameref ORD_TABLE=$1
  typeset CNT=0
  for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
  do
    for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
    do
      eval ORD_TABLE[${IDX}]=$(print -- $( printf "\\\0%o" 0x${i}${j} ) )
      (( CNT = CNT + 1 ))
    done
  done
}