Using Variables to retreive values from an array

[Mandragoran]

I am trying to retrieve a value from an associative array using a variable. see below

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Array := {Red_485: "C:\...\A PICTURES\RED 485.jpg", Reflex_Blue: "C:\...\A PICTURES\REFLEX BLUE", Blue_801: "C:\...\A PICTURES\BLUE 801", Green_802: "C:\...\A PICTURES\GREEN 802", Yellow_803: "C:\...\A PICTURES\YELLOW 803", Orange_804: "C:\...\A PICTURES\ORANGE 804", Orange_805: "C:\...\A PICTURES\ORANGE 805", Pink_806: "C:\...\A PICTURES\PINK 806", Purple_807: "C:\...\A PICTURES\PURPLE 807", Silver_877: "C:\...\A PICTURES\SILVER 877"}


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VAR1:= Red_485
Send % Array["VAR1"] ; IS THERE A SYNTAX ERROR HERE?
return

If someone could help me out or point me to a tutorial that explains how to do this that would rock.

[Xtra]

You are passing the string "VAR1" instead of the contents of the variable.

Try:

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Send % Array[VAR1]

[boiler]

You also need to assign VAR1 to have the value of "Red_485" as text. The way you currently have it, you assigned it the value of the variable named Red_485, which has not been defined so it has a null value. Change your assignment to this:

VAR1:= "Red_485"

Demonstration:

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Array := {Red_485: "C:\...\A PICTURES\RED 485.jpg", Reflex_Blue: "C:\...\A PICTURES\REFLEX BLUE", Blue_801: "C:\...\A PICTURES\BLUE 801", Green_802: "C:\...\A PICTURES\GREEN 802", Yellow_803: "C:\...\A PICTURES\YELLOW 803", Orange_804: "C:\...\A PICTURES\ORANGE 804", Orange_805: "C:\...\A PICTURES\ORANGE 805", Pink_806: "C:\...\A PICTURES\PINK 806", Purple_807: "C:\...\A PICTURES\PURPLE 807", Silver_877: "C:\...\A PICTURES\SILVER 877"}
 
VAR1:= "Red_485"
MsgBox % Array[VAR1]
return