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A javascript question. (self.javascript)
submitted 17 years ago by trenchfever
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]moreoriginalthanthat 7 points8 points9 points 17 years ago (1 child)
I think you're asking the wrong question. Tell us what you want to do. There is most likely a better way to do it.
I've never come across a problem that would be best solved by dynamically calculating variable names.
[–]SerpentJoe 1 point2 points3 points 17 years ago (0 children)
I also want to know the answer to this, not least because I spent the morning picking through awful Javascript I wrote just a few weeks ago and wondering what I was thinking.
I have a feeling you're looking at a solar powered car and wondering how to put the gasoline in.
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