Indirection question

[Barry Levine]

I have a variable named "theM" in which I am storing any number of comma-delimited items. If I use the message box for something like "answer theM", I get a dialog with the list of the items in the var. So far, so good.

I have other vars with similar names (theW, theH, etc.) that contain other comma-delimited lists. I also have another variable (currentLetter) whose content changes (in this case: from "M" to "W" to "H" and back again in no consistent order). I have to check the content of currentLetter before knowing which of these lists I must manipulate. What I'd like to do is something like:

on mouseUp
if currentLetter = "W" then put "theW" into theList
(etc)
answer theList
end mouseUp

Now, if I do this, the answer dialog shows "theW" instead of the contents of the var named theW. Obviously, I'm not referring to the variable in the appropriate manner.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Barry

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