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Old 03-16-2009
address variable content with csh

By using a csh, I want to address a variable content whose name is/matches the content of a given other variable.
i.e.
set name=´sam´
set ${name}_age=´27´

So, by typing: echo ${name}_age
I correctly obtain: sam_age
By typing: echo $sam_age
or echo ${sam_age}
I correctly obtain: 27

But how can I obtain "27" by using ${name} instead of "sam"?
The following instruction does not work!
echo ${`echo ${name}_age`}

Any helps will be accepted!
Thanks a lot!
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Old 03-17-2009
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Originally Posted by sobolev
By using a csh, I want to address a variable content whose name is/matches the content of a given other variable.
i.e.
set name=´sam´
set ${name}_age=´27´

So, by typing: echo ${name}_age
I correctly obtain: sam_age
By typing: echo $sam_age
or echo ${sam_age}
I correctly obtain: 27

But how can I obtain "27" by using ${name} instead of "sam"?
The following instruction does not work!
echo ${`echo ${name}_age`}

Any helps will be accepted!
Thanks a lot!
you better use arrays then
 
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