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Variable question

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• Subject: [mg92468] Variable question
• From: Johney at giganews.com
• Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:29:47 -0400 (EDT)

I have the following test code

c = 3
var = "c"
v = StringTake[var, {1}]
v


v is showing up as c but I want it to show up as 3.  Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

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