Having trouble retrieving items from an associative array

[jmorr]

I know that if I have an array Array := {a:"Apple", b:"Banana"}, I have to put the key in double quotes, as in var := Array["a"], but I can't figure out the syntax to use if the key is stored in a variable, as in

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nextkey := "a"
nextvalue := Array[nextkey]

I have tried enclosing nextkey in %s and preceding it with "". It must be something simple but I can't think what.

Grateful for any help.

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[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
try:

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Array := {a:"Apple", b:"Banana"}
nextkey := "a"
nextvalue := Array[nextkey]
MsgBox,% nextvalue ; Apple

[jmorr]

Many thanks. That was actually the first thing I tried and it didn't seem to have worked, but it turns out the problem was elsewhere.