#!/usr/bin/env bash declare -A A B C A['X']=3 A['Y']=4 A['Z']=8 B['X']=1 B['Y']=5 B['Z']=9 C['X']=2 C['Y']=6 C['Z']=7 s=0 while read a b; do declare -n elf=$a declare -n me=$b let s+=$(( ${elf[$b]} )) done echo $s