Re: Comparing "dynamically named" variables

jr@mediastop.com ("J. Myers") writes: > Hi Folks, It's us again. > Through each increment of the loop we would like it to change the > variable name to be compared. > > Eg. > > If $D0_0600SHOW == $Anothershow Loop 1 > > If $D1_0600SHOW == $Anothershow Loop 2 > > The code we're using is below. The problem that we are experiencing is > the expresssion is seeing > the variable name that we dynamically created as a string rather than a > variable. > > How should we construct the variable name within the expression to have > the expression see it as a variable and not as a string? > > > --------CODE----------------------------------- > > $day = 0; > > Loop Start----------------------------------------- > > if ("$D".$day."_0600SHOW" == $Anothershow) Try this: if ( ${"$D".$day."_0600SHOW"} == $Anothershow ) > { > echo "We have a match"; > } > else > { > echo "NO Match"; > } > > Loop Stop----------------------------------------- > -- Robin Vickery............................................... Planet-Three, 3A West Point, Warple Way, London, W3 0RG, UK Email: robin@planet-three.net Phone: +44 (0)794 670 6395