Dinamyc variables.

[Bob Sneidar]

This is what Macro Substitution was created for, but LC doesn't have that function. Say you have an accounting app where you can load different companies. The names of the tables and support files on disk are serialized with a 2 digit number representing the company number. In Foxpro when you load a new company, you *could* reference the files using macro substitution: 

open file &tCompanyPath&tModule&tCompanynum

Of course there are ways around this. Someone pointed out using an array, which is a variable containing other variables in essence. 

> On Mar 18, 2018, at 19:08 , Heriberto Torrado via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Dear Livecode programmers,
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> I am trying to create a new variable with the name of a dynamically
> generated card.
> Please note that I would like to create a new variable, not to put the
> name of the card inside the variable.
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> I would like to have something like this (PseudoCode)
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> "Get the name of this card and create a variable with the name of the card."
> 
> I searched the forum and the dictionary but I cannot find how to do that.
> 
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