Re: string concatenation

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 06:54, Seb Frost wrote: > OK let's say in variable $search I have the string "color" (without the > quote marks). > > now I want to be able to refer to the variable $color in my code. > > How in gods name do I do this. I guess somehow I have to combine a "$" > with the contents of £search or something...? > > - seb Feel free to trim all the ireelevant stuff from your posts :-) Try $$search or ${color} depending on exactly what you want to do. You might want to have another read through the Variable variables section of the documentation to clarify this. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA I tried switching to gum but couldn't keep it lit.