>> A: 250
== 250
>> B: "A"
== "A"
>> get in system/words to-word B ;one-line way to do it
== 250
>> C: to-word B ;two-line way to do it
== A
>> system/words/:C
== 250
You're using a string, that's to problem.. But I thank you for
asking in that way, I needed this very thing for something of my
own and couldn't figure it out before now!
-Izzy Boy
>
> Hi list,
>
> Since I got no cue about my recent parse submit, I will restructure my
> problem another simpler way:
>
> I have some word called 'name and its associated integer value 250.
>>> name: 250
> == 250
>
> I can verify the value associated with the word 'name from the global
> system/words object.
>>> print system/words/name
> 250
>
> Now for the difficult part (at least to me). I get another word called
> 'info that contains a reference to my former word 'name.
>>> info: "name"
> == "name"
>
> When I ask to display its value, the word name is correctly associated but
> it remains a string and is in no way considered as a real
> word called 'name.
>>> print system/words/info
> name
>
> What I would get is a substitution of the string "name" for the real word
> 'name and then the associated value could be accessed -
> indirectly.
>
> I feel there is some way to do it but I can't up to now say which it is
> ????
>
> I tried some basic knowledge I have but the result is not the one I want.
>>> print system/words/:info
> ** Script Error: Invalid path value: name
> ** Where: halt-view
> ** Near: print system/words/:info
>
> May be I could join or append the 2 parts (system/words and info) in some
> way but I have yet to get it done.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerard
>
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