Yes, that works - thanks for a speedy reply !!! Tim in Ireland. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Hoogenberg" <kim.hoogenberg at virgil.nl> To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [Javascript] Array-Indexing Problem > > >var index_num = 2; > >var alias = 'viewlist'+ index_num; > >alert(alias); > >alert(viewlist2.colname[0]); > >alert(alias.colname[0]); > > > > > Alias is a string variable here and it is not referring to your inline > object. You could most probably use alert(eval(alias + ".colname[0]")); > > ></script> > ></body> > ></html> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Javascript mailing list > >Javascript at LaTech.edu > >https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript > > > > > Cheers, > > Kim > _______________________________________________ > Javascript mailing list > Javascript at LaTech.edu > https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript >