> I know that you can access a key in a CF structure dynamically, using > bracket notation, as in: > > <cfset structName[keyname] = 0 /> > > .... so that the "keyname" could be a variable, allowing you to access > the value with the keyname stored in the variable. > > But I need to go one level deeper. > > I have a struct of structs, where I need to access a key in the > second-level struct dynamically. > > Let's say I have: > > myStruct = structNew() > myStruct.subStruct1 = structNew() > myStruct.subStruct1.key1 = foo > myStruct.subStruct1.key2 = bar > myStruct.subStruct2.key1 = something > myStruct.subStruct2.key2 = nothing > > I know that I can do: > > myVariable = "subStruct1" > > and then reference: > > myStruct[myVariable].key1 > > .... and get the value "foo" > > But what if the keyname in the lower struct needs to be determined > dynamically? That is, what if I don't know that I want "key1," but > rather a key referenced by a variable. > > Out of curiosity, I tried nesting the brackets, to see if you could > access the inner struct that way: > > myStruct[myVariable[myVariable]] > > .... but that just caused the familiar "dereferencing a scalar" message. > > Does anyone know how to do this? Do I have to fall back on "Evaluate"?
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