Re: Get value of named object

Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Get value of named object
From	"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net>
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Date	2011-10-22 11:20 +0000

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Swifty wrote on 22 okt 2011 in comp.lang.javascript:

> If I have the name of an object in a variable, how would I go about
> getting the value of that object?

myObject.name perhaps would return the name of an object.

> 
> Example:
> varname = 'navigator.appName';
> 
> How would I get the value of navigator.appName ?
> 
> See http://swiftys.org.uk/jsvars.html for my first, faltering attempt.
> 
> The idea is to replace the multiple "document.write" lines with the
> simpler "show()" calls.

document.write( "<TR><TH>" + varname + "<TD>" + eval(varname) );

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Using eval() indeed is a variable blessing:

<H1>JavaScript Varibles</H1>

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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Get value of named object Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 11:56 +0100
  Re: Get value of named object "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-10-22 11:20 +0000
    Re: Get value of named object Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 18:57 +0100
      Re: Get value of named object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-22 21:20 +0200
  Re: Get value of named object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-22 14:35 +0200
    Re: Get value of named object Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 18:59 +0100
      Re: Get value of named object Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-22 21:22 +0200
  Re: Get value of named object Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2011-10-22 12:53 -0700
  Re: Get value of named object Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn.unread@gmail.com> - 2011-10-23 02:10 +0200
    Re: Get value of named object Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-10-23 09:01 +0100
      Re: Get value of named object Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn.unread@gmail.com> - 2011-10-23 11:57 +0200
        Re: Get value of named object Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2011-10-24 14:11 +0100
  Re: Get value of named object Dr J R Stockton <reply1142@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-10-23 21:16 +0100

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