> This might sound silly, but is it possible to somehow specify a variable > with a string containing the name of the variable?
Yes it certainly is. I wrote a unit that can handle arbitrary variable types for my project pmake. Pmake it a build tool for pascal. https://github.com/daar/pmake/blob/master/pmake/pmake_variables.pas To set a variable, simply use: set_(“myvar”, 3.141). To read it, use: writeln(val_(“myvar”)). Rgds, Darius
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