SetVariable() is your friend: <cfset mayvar1="Hi"> <cfset mayvar1="Hey"> <cfset mayvar1="Hello"> <cfloop index=i from=1 to=3> <cfset tmp=SetVariable("mess#i#",Evaluate("myvar#i#"))> </cfloop> <cfoutput>#mess1#, #mess2#, #mess3#</cfoutput> Chris Evans chris at fuseware.com http://www.fuseware.com