Get variable from a string

Question

Does anyone know how could I select a variable from a String in JavaScript? Here\'s what I\'m basically trying to achieve:

var myLang = \"ESP\";

var myText_         


        

Answer 1

var hellos = {
    ESP: 'Hola a todos!',
    ENG: 'Hello everybody!'
};

var myLang = 'ESP';

console.log(hellos[myLang]);

I don't like putting everything in global scope, and then string accessing window properties; so here is another way to do it.