[julia-users] Re: How do I turn a string into a variable

[Zeta Convex]

It looks like the solution proposed related to a storage of Julia variables 
in an HDF5 file; rather than an HDF5 file itself.

However, the referenced jl file did provide some clues as to my original 
problem:

macro makevar(name, val)
    return :($(esc(symbol(name)))   = $val)
end

macroexpand(:(@makevar "foo" 2))

:(foo = 2)


@makevar("foo", 2)
2



foo

2

Very nice.