I don't think what you're trying to do will work (ok so some things aren't
possible in lingo ;)
but why not simply use a list?
ball[x]
Rich
> Anybody know if I can concatenate variable names like strings? I have a
> large number of variables (ball1, ball2, ball3 etc) and am trying to
> optimise my code. I can set a temp variable to a number (eg x=1, x=2 etc)
> and want to create the 1st variable from this.
>
> eg
>
> (ball&x)
>
> to get ball1, ball2, ball3 etc, depending on the value of x. At the moment
> Director is either recognising a string or an unknown variable......
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