Dynamic Variable Naming and Reference (ColdFusion)

Question

Happy Friday All,

Been trying to crack this for a couple days. What I am looking to do is dynamically create a variable using a combination of a fixed string and a

Answer 1

One Option:

Setting a dynamic variable name:

<cfset variables["GC" & AID] = "Testing" />

Output the value of the dynamic variable name:

<cfoutput>#variables["GC" & AID]#</cfoutput>

Another Option:

Setting a dynamic variable name:

<cfset variables["GC#AID#"] = "Testing" />

Output the value of the dynamic variable name:

<cfoutput>#variables["GC#AID#"]#</cfoutput>

Answer 2

All variable scope are structs. So loop through that scope as a struct. As your code is written, it's in the variables scope. I'd put it in it's own struct, but here's a hacked up version of what you're trying to do:

<cfloop collection="#variables#" item="k">

    <cfif left(k,2) eq "GC">
        <cfoutput>#k# : #variables[k]#</cfoutput><br/>
    </cfif>

</cfloop>