How to display variable value not variable name?

ticktack · August 20th, 2004, 01:34 AM

Hi all,

I am trying to use an array to hold the varable names Drop1, Drop2, Drop3, Drop4, Drop5 and Drop6. I then want to use Response.Write to display the values of the variable names which have already been input. The problem that I am getting is that when I write the array using Response.Write StrDropDownArray(1,counter) I get the variable name ond not the value of the appropriate variable. Does anyone know how that I can get the value from the variable using the array method.
The code that I am using is shown below.

Code:

<%
DIM NumberDropDowns, Drop1, Drop2, Drop3, Drop4, Drop5, Drop6, counter, StrDropDownArray

NumberDropDowns = 6

Drop1 = "Menu 1"
Drop2 = "Menu 2"
Drop3 = "Menu 3"
Drop4 = "Menu 4"
Drop5 = "Menu 5"
Drop6 = "Warranty,Tech Support,Seminars,Locations,Web Master"

REDIM StrDropDownArray(NumberDropDowns,20)
    For counter = 1 to NumberDropDowns
        StrDropDownArray(1,counter) = "Drop" & counter
    Next

    For counter = 1 to NumberDropDowns
        Response.Write "counter"& counter &" = "& StrDropDownArray(1,counter) & "<br>"
    Next    
%>

Thanks
Graham

rodmcleay · August 20th, 2004, 02:11 AM

Graham,

You can not dynamically create variable names.

What you are doing here is creating a string "Drop" and appending another string "1","2","3"...etc.
This produces a string of "Drop1","Drop2",...etc

When you execute
Drop1 = "Menu 1"
you are storing the value "Menu 1" in an area of memory.
And you can reference that area of memeory by using the variable name Drop1

Drop1 and "Drop1" are not the same thing.

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ChrisScott · August 20th, 2004, 02:30 AM

Hi Graham,

You can do it using the Execute method...

Code:

Call Execute("StrDropDownArray(1,counter) = Drop" & counter)

HTH,

Chris

ticktack · August 24th, 2004, 09:56 PM

Hi rodmcleay and Chris,
thanks for your help.
Graham

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