parse error running builtins from array

[mk27]

cc=('who' 'bash -c "time ls -l"' 'date')

for e in 0 1 2; do ${cc[$e]}; done

produces an error:
ls: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
ls: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

well, there isn't a missing " AFAICT, and playing around with them has not
helped.  Does anyone have a way out of this?


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Re: parse error running builtins from array

[mk27]

>Take a look at the arguments you are actually using:

[root~] printf "%s" ${cc[1]}
bash-c"timels-l"

Again, I can't see the missing "

>use eval

I didn't know the shell had an eval so that solves that!

Much thanks.

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