RE: How to convert string to variable name
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- Subject: [mg39833] RE: [mg39795] How to convert string to variable name
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:49:50 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Bob, Use the Symbol statement. Symbol["w"] gives the symbol w. Symbol["w"] % // Head w Symbol David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ From: Bob Harris [mailto:NspamITmeLION at MINDnotSPRING.COM] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Howdy, I'm trying to write a loop that assigns functions to a series of variables which I'd like to name z, y, x, w, ... and so on. The functions are matrix operator of a group, which I would use like this, for example: state // w // z // w // w Clearly I can generate the strings "z", "y", "x", "w" ... in my loop. But for a given string, how can I assign to the variable whose name is defined by that string? -- -- Bob Harris =======================================================+ | If stupidity got us into this mess, how come it can't get us out | | of it? | +====================================================================+