Referring to a variable in a roundabout way...

[Mark Swindell]

Aha... merci beaucoup.

Mark

On Feb 12, 2006, at 9:45 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Mark Swindell wrote:
>> If a field contains the name of a variable gMyNumber, how can I  
>> place  something into that variable circuitously, referencing it  
>> not  directly, but via its name residing in the field?
>> Example:
>> Put 54 into (variable (word 1 of field 1)), where word 1 of field  
>> 1  contains the name of a global variable gMyNumber.
>
> "Do" is your friend:
>
>   put word 1 of fld 1 into myVar
>   do "put 54 into" && myVar