Nesting If Condition Inside A While Loop - bash

Question

I'm reading the contents of a file and storing them in 2 variables then simultaneously want to compare it with an array using if statement. Code is given below
#!/bin/bash
# Define File
datafile=./regions-with-keys
# Create Nodes File
cat << EOF > $datafile
region1 key1
region2 key2
region3 key3
EOF
# User Input
clear;
echo -ne "PLEASE SELECT REGIONS(s) :\n\033[37;40m[Minimum 1 Region Required]\033[0m"
read -ra a
echo "${a[#]}"
# Reading Regions & Keys
for i in "${a[#]}"
do
while read -r $b $c; do
if [ "${a[#]}" -eq "$b" ]; then
echo "$b" "$c"
fi
done < $datafile
done;
it gives command not found for if statement when executed..
Aim of the code is to match the array indexes of userinput with $a from $datafile, if match is successful print
$b and $c

Answer 1

Try this Shellcheck-clean code:
#!/bin/bash -p
# Define File
datafile=./regions-with-keys
# Create Nodes File
cat <<EOF >"$datafile"
region1 key1
region2 key2
region3 key3
EOF
# User Input
clear
echo 'PLEASE SELECT REGIONS(s) :'
echo -ne '\e[37;40m[Minimum 1 Region Required]\e[0m'
read -ra input_regions
declare -p input_regions
# Reading Regions & Keys
for input_rgn in "${input_regions[#]}" ; do
while read -r data_rgn key ; do
if [[ $data_rgn == "$input_rgn" ]] ; then
printf '%s %s\n' "$data_rgn" "$key"
fi
done <"$datafile"
done
Significant changes from the code in the question are:
Use meaningful variable names.
Use declare -p input_regions to print the contents of the array in an unambiguous way.
Use varname instead of $varname as arguments to read. That fixes a serious bug in the original code.
Use printf instead of echo for printing variable values. See Why is printf better than echo?.
Used [[ ... == ...]] instead of [ ... -eq ... ] for comparing the region names. [[ ... ]] is more powerful than [ ... ]. See Is double square brackets [[ ]] preferable over single square brackets [ ] in Bash?. Also, -eq is for comparing integers and == (or, equivalently, =) is for comparing strings.
Did various cleanups (removed some blank lines, removed unnecessary semicolons, ...).
The new code is Shellcheck-clean. Shellcheck identified several problems with the original code.
If you want to report incorrect input regions, try replacing the "Reading Regions & Keys" code with this:
for input_rgn in "${input_regions[#]}" ; do
# Find the key corresponding to $input_rgn
key=
while read -r data_rgn data_key ; do
[[ $data_rgn == "$input_rgn" ]] && key=$data_key && break
done <"$datafile"
if [[ -n $key ]] ; then
printf '%s %s\n' "$input_rgn" "$key"
else
printf "error: region '%s' not found\\n" "$input_rgn" >&2
fi
done