Re: Interpret a string as a variable?

[Mathew Ray]

Has anyone build sprintf() function for director yet?
( http://us3.php.net/sprintf )
Seems like it may be very useful for this sort of thing...
Thanks,
~mathew
Valentin Schmidt wrote:
one possible way to do it:
template = "This is"&QUOTE&" && xyz && "&QUOTE&"in context."
xyz = "foo"
s=VOID
do ("s=" &QUOTE& template &QUOTE)
put s
-- "This is foo in context."
Valentin
Stephen M Taylor wrote:
Hi, all.
I have an existing local variable by name "xyz".
I have a list containing the message "This is" && xyz && "in context."
When I call it, the complete phrase arrives as a string.
I need a way to 'interpret' the 'xyz' portion of the message as the
local variable.
Any suggestions? Thanks, in advance.
Steve Taylor

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