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From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Csh question
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Date: 20 Jul 88 17:07:01 GMT
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From article <8807191241.AA18881@decwrl.dec.com>, by ellis@ultra.dec.com (David Ellis):
> Is there any way to get the value of a variable whose name is the value of
> another variable?
> 
> e.g. if we've done set x=a and set a=3, is there any simple csh expression
> in terms of x that yields the value of a (3)?

How 'bout:

	eval echo \$$x

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