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SC2004: false positive on associative arrays used inside (()) #3208

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  • Rule Id: SC2004
  • My shellcheck version: online
  • I tried on shellcheck.net and verified that this is still a problem on the latest commit

Here's a snippet or screenshot that shows the problem:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

char="-"
value=10

readonly -A CHAR_VALUES=(["+"]=1 ["-"]=2 ["|"]=3)
(( value += CHAR_VALUES[$char] ))

Here's what shellcheck currently says:

[Line 7:](javascript:setPosition(7, 25))
(( value += CHAR_VALUES[$char] ))
                        ^-- [SC2004](https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2004) (style): $/${} is unnecessary on arithmetic variables.

Here's what I wanted or expected to see:

Nothing, as removing the $ changes the meaning of the expression.

Note: If $char is changed to "$char", shellcheck no longer complains.

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