Re: Converting a string to a variable name
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- Subject: [mg90338] Re: [mg90318] Converting a string to a variable name
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 07:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
ToExpression[Table[
"var" <> ToString[i] <> "=" <> ToString[i^2],
{i, 10}]];
Names["var*"]
{var1,var10,var2,var3,var4,var5,var6,var7,var8,var9}
ToExpression[%]
{1,100,4,9,16,25,36,49,64,81}
var5
25
Bob Hanlon
---- Aaron Fude <aaronfude at gmail.com> wrote:
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Hi,
Is it possible to create a variable whose name is contained in another
variable or a string, something along the lines of
Table[ a="Var"<>ToString[i]; Variable[a] = i^2, {i, 1, 10}]
and end up with variables Var1, ..., Var10?
Thanks!
Aaorn