Using a variable value to call an array element

Question

I have a string variable which contains the name of an array. What I\'d like to do is access an element of that array. And write it to another variable. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Out of my head...

First declare some global variable

var buf;

Then

var sample = new Array();
sample[0] = 'one';
sample[1] = 'two';

var arrayname = "sample";
eval('buf=' + arrayname + ';');
var number = buf[1];

Damn undesirable way but does what you want...