[Javascript] variable whose name is the result of a calculation?
Anthony Webster
awebster at venda.com
Wed Dec 11 05:50:52 CST 2002
hi all,
I want to define a new variable, whose name is the result of a calculation.
does this make sense? a simple example follows
var1 = 'ora';
var2= 'nge';
var3 = var1 + var2;
// result:
// var3 = 'orange';
eval(var3) = '263';
// intended result:
// orange = '#FB8E36';
of course when I do this, javascript is not happy. it doesnt like the left hand side with the 'intended result' bit.
why am I doing things like this? I am going to be supplied the names of the colours without knowing what they will be. I will need to evaluate what they are and then declare variables for each of them so I can reuse this information.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
thanks,
anthony
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