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>$ echo "${X}" > ${Z}
>bash: ${Z}: ambiguous redirect
>
>I want to append all variables in X and Y into Z so that "echo $Z"
should be:
>XX1=3DYES XX2=3DYES YY1=3DYES YY2=3DYES

Redirection is not the right way to do it. Just do this:

$ Z=3D"$X $Y"

$ echo $Z
XX1=3DYES XX2=3DYES YY1=3DYES YY2=3DYES