Indirection question

[Barry Levine]

I have a variable named "theM" in which I am storing any number of 
comma-delimited items. If I use the message box for something like 
"answer theM", I get a dialog with the list of the items in the var. So 
far, so good.

I have other vars with similar names (theW, theH, etc.) that contain 
other comma-delimited lists. I also have another variable 
(currentLetter) whose content changes (in this case: from "M" to "W" to 
"H" and back again in no consistent order). I have to check the content 
of currentLetter before knowing which of these lists I must manipulate. 
What I'd like to do is something like:

on mouseUp
	if currentLetter = "W" then put "theW" into theList
	(etc)
	answer theList
end mouseUp

Now, if I do this, the answer dialog shows "theW" instead of the 
contents of the var named theW. Obviously, I'm not referring to the 
variable in the appropriate manner.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Barry