Why is my array incorrect for my shell script?

Question

I have been searching everywhere for an answer to this question. I have an array in my shell script, but when I run it, I get this error: "(" unexpected

What am I doing wrong here:

array=( 1 2 3 4 5 )

I am using Ubuntu 11.10

Answer 1

You are running your script with /bin/sh, not /bin/bash. There are no arrays in sh.

choroba@cyan ~$ /bin/sh
$ a=( 1 2 3 )
/bin/sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected