Subj : Retrieve a variable value indirectly
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Olinda Spider
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 12:05 am

Is there a way in JavaScript to get the value of scope variable
determined via a dynmaically obtained variable name?

For example, given the following JS code:

var pointed = 'getme'
var pointer = 'pointed'

// Now only using pointer, get the value it "points" to

// What I am looking for is something like this:
var value = [pointer]
// doesn't work, you end up with 'pointeed', not 'getme'

// this works! but is seems like an awfull lot of
// work to compile, execute, and run this.
var value = eval(pointer)


I sure hope I am missing something....

Thanks,
Pat

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