Setting variable variables

[Brian V Hughes]

--On 11/28/01, Matthew Broms wrote:
>Is it possible to create variables from a retrieved list, such as 
>setting the following:
>
>Newly retrieved list:
>
>     nameList = {"prodNum", "prodPrice"}
>     valueList = {"abc123", "$49.95"}
>
>Set two new variables based on the above strings:
>
>     Local (nameList[1] = 1, nameList[2] = 2)

To do what you want you need to use this notation:

      Local ([nameList[1]] = 1, [nameList[2]] = 2)

This will cause Frontier to resolve the list values and then use them 
as local variable names.

-Brian
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