An equivalent for your PHP code would be:
<CFSCRIPT>
i = 123;
j = "i";
writeoutput(Evaluate(j));
// output is "123"
</CFSCRIPT>
NB: As structures are by-reference variables (pointers!), you do not need to do this. Simply do:
circuitlang = Application.language.circuitname;
// circuitlang.stringname is now the equivalent of Application.language.circuitname.stringname
assuming language and circuitname are structures...
HTH
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: Damien McKenna
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:24 AM
Subject: Variable variables?
Does CFML support variable variables?
In PHP you can define a variable and then define another variable to
point to it, e.g.:
$i = 123;
$j = $$i;
print $j;
// output is "123"
Is there something similar in CFML? At a cursory glance of the books I
have looks like it isn't possible.
In my situation I've got variables with pretty long names, e.g.
#Application.language.circuitname.stringname# and would like to be able
to reference it by a shorter method, e.g. circuitlang.stringname, while
still retaining the Application scope.
Thanks.
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