Referencing a variable?

[Richard Gaskin]

Ian Leigh wrote:
 > I would like to do the following:
 >
 > Put a variable name into another buffer variable.
 > Reference the actual variable but using the buffer variable.
 >
 > So I only have the name of the variable in the buffer but I want  to
 > put a value into the actual variable only by using the  variable
 > name  which is stored in the buffer.

Turning the problem inside out, could it be stated that the goal is to 
be able to refer to a variable without knowing the variable's name in 
advance?

If so, you might consider using array notation:

   put "MyName" into x
   put "123" into tBuffer[x]

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