Assign an input value to become the name of the var

[sniperman]

Hi all,

I have a script that takes a user's input as a string. I would like to use that user's argument to become the name of a new variable.

<script type="text/javascript">
var input=prompt("enter any string value");
var input.value; // initialize a new JavaScript variable using the user input as the referenced value
</script>

I know this script above doesn't work.

[Nile]

http://www.i-marco.nl/weblog/archive...es_in_javascri
That should help you get starte

[sniperman]

Thanks Nile.

I also found a similar tutorial here and have since used it effectively.

		x=0; // reset iteration	
		var input=prompt("enter any string value");
		var array = new Array("obj1","obj2","obj3");			  
	
		window[input] = new Array(); 
			
				for(i=array.length;i>0;i--)
				  {
					window[input][window[input].length]=
array[x];
					x++;
				  }
				  }

It's always nice to learn something new knowing it's there to be discovered somewhere.

[Nile]

No problem, I'm glad to help

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