<cfset listVarNames = "foo,bar,dynamic,variables,rule">

<cfloop list="#listVarNames#" index="i"> <cfset "#i#DynamicVars" = "#i#DynamicVars"> <cfoutput>#Evaluate(i & "DynamicVars")#</cfoutput> </cfloop>

<cfoutput><br>#fooDynamicVars#<br>#barDynamicvars#<br>#dynamicDynamicVars#<b r>#variablesDynamicVars#<br>#ruleDynamicVars#</cfoutput>

OUTPUTS:

fooDynamicVars barDynamicVars dynamicDynamicVars variablesDynamicVars ruleDynamicVars fooDynamicVars barDynamicVars dynamicDynamicVars variablesDynamicVars ruleDynamicVars

Thats all it takes. (sneaky ehh?:)

There are a few "rules" if you will about your dynamic variables and the names they can have numbers, letters and underscores.

You must start a variable with a letter.

CF Interprets upper and lower case to be the same , no case sensitivity.

Well, that's a quick and dirty version of the rules for using dynamic variables (and cf variables in general)

You cant really "assign" a value to a coldfusion function, CF does nto grock that. If what your trying to do did not fit into the rules I just mentioned you probably can't do it :)

:-) BTW, if you find the cfset line confusing replace it with

<cfset "#i#DynamicVars" = "Just a plain ole string going into my dynamic variable">

Jeremy Allen elliptIQ Inc.

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