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Posted: **Fri May 06, 2016 3:48 pm**

Hi
I have variables in my code
H1[mcount]
H2[mcount]
H3[mcount]
the 1,2,3 is set using a counter
How do I programmatically pass the name of H1, H2 and H3 as say a variable myvar
so my code would appear
myvar[mcount] where myvar is set to H1 , H2 or H3
I have tried
put 1 into Fcount
put H & Fcount into myvar
when I use
answer myvar[mcount] it return the right value but if I use
answer H1[mcount] it returns empty
thx

Posted: **Fri May 06, 2016 3:56 pm**

Whenever you have a number of variables whose names can't be known in advance it's a good case for arrays. Since you're already using arrays, it's even easier, just add another level to it, e.g.:

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put "H1" into tFirstLevelKey
put "mcount" into tSecondLevelKey
put "SomeValue" into tArray[ tFirstLevelKey][tSecondLevelKey]

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