IFS="\t" :
s="1 2 5 3"
a=($s)
length=${#a[@]}
echo $length #4
for ((i=0; i<$length; i++))
do
echo ${a[$i]}
done
IFS=",":
s="1,2,5,3"
OLD_IFS="$IFS"
IFS=","
a=($s)
IFS="$OLD_IFS"
length=${#a[@]}
echo $length
for ((i=0; i<$length; i++))
do
echo ${a[$i]}
done