Re: Convert Text to Variable Name
Re: Convert Text to Variable Name
- Subject: Re: Convert Text to Variable Name
- From: Matthew Smith <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:49:18 +1100
On 15/01/2011, at 11:37 , Christopher Stone wrote:
Well I thought I was reasonably clear in my first post but perhaps not. What I wanted was for you to return the value of varName starting with the text value "varName".
set theVariable to path to home folder set anotherVariable to "theVariable"
Now I want to return the value of theVariable starting with anotherVariable if it's possible.
The outcome on my machine should be: alias "Odin:Users:stone:"
I am having trouble understanding why you would want to do this. The closest I can come to understanding this in a programming context is the use of pointers. Another thought is you are trying to mimic a dictionary construct.
Can you explain why you need a variable to contain the name of another variable and be able to reference it through this indirect method?
Matthew Smith |
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