generat a char[] from a string

CharGen

#!/bin/sh
# Usage: CharGen.sh charname "string"
cprint() { printf "$charname[$ccount]='$1'; " | sed 's/_/\ /g'; }
string=`echo "$2" | sed 's/ /_/g'`
charname="$1"
ccount=`echo $string | fold -w1 | wc -l | sed 's/\ //g'`
printf "$charname[$ccount];\n"
ccount=0
for character in `echo $string | fold -w1`; do cprint $character; let ccount++; done