Variable that holds the name of another variable

[croivo]

This is the code:

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on mouseUp
   put "My Text" into myVariable77
   put ("myVariable" & "77") into variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable
   answer variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable
end mouseUp

How to make it answer "My Text" ?

[Klaus]

Hi croivo,

just DO it!

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   put "My Text" into myVariable77
   put ("myVariable" & "77") into variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable
   DO ("answer" && variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable)
end mouseUp

Best

Klaus

[croivo]

That's it

But... What if I have something like this

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put "My Text" into myVariable77
put ("myVariable" & "77") into variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable
put ("The content of the variable is: " & variableThatHoldsTheNameOfOriginalVariable) into myVariable

How to use 'DO' now?

[SparkOut]

Don't, instead use value(theVariable)

[FourthWorld]

What are you doing with that variable?

[SparkOut]

See here for more detail, and a demo of how to use value()

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.ph ... 31#p123699


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