Subj : Re: Retrieve a variable value indirectly
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : celso
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 05:10 am

I think you want:

var value = this[pointer]

celso

Olinda Spider wrote:
> 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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