How to transform a string into a word and get its associated value

== 250 I can verify the value associated with the word 'name from the global system/words object.

250 Now for the difficult part (at least to me). I get another word called 'info that contains a reference to my former word 'name.

== "name" When I ask to display its value, the word name is correctly associated but it remains a string and is in no way considered as a real word called 'name.

name What I would get is a substitution of the string "name" for the real word 'name and then the associated value could be accessed - indirectly. I feel there is some way to do it but I can't up to now say which it is ???? I tried some basic knowledge I have but the result is not the one I want.

** Script Error: Invalid path value: name ** Where: halt-view ** Near: print system/words/:info May be I could join or append the 2 parts (system/words and info) in some way but I have yet to get it done. Thanks, Gerard

!>> info: 'name == name !>> get info == 250

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== 250

== "A"

== 250

== A

== 250 You're using a string, that's to problem.. But I thank you for asking in that way, I needed this very thing for something of my own and couldn't figure it out before now! -Izzy Boy

== 5

== "foo"

==5 is that what you are looking for? On 6/21/05, Gerard Cote <[gerardcote--sympatico--ca]> wrote:

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== 99

== "test"

== "test"

== test

== 99 Tim make word! "test" Gerard Cote wrote:

== 99

== "test"

== "test"

== test

== 99 Tim make word! "test" Gerard Cote wrote:

== 250

== "name"

== 250 No need for IN, converting to word already binds to the global context. Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/

Interesting and useful info for me since I recently looked at 'bind and the question remaining unanswered to me was how to bind a variable defined in a local context to some word defined in the global context. Thanks you Gabriele and every others that also have submitted helpful solutions. I'll look at them later in an effort to compare their respective value and learn more about REBOL. Regards, Gerard P.S. If you asked yourself what was the usefulness of all this let me simply say that I am working on a REBOL version of a printf work alike. Many languages offer this instruction: C, awk, ... The proposed syntax will be something like : printf ["%-d| %|6.2f| %08b %-6s" n 123 123 "allo"] "%" the last part is a delimiter and will be suppressed during the final stage. If you look in detail at the different parts her is a summary for all of them: a beginning field delimiter % an optional | char (used for vertical alignment during printout if desired) an optional alignment flag can be - + " " 0 c (left aligned for minus, add sign for plus, left padding with blanks or zeros, field centering for c) an optional field width (number) an optional precision (dot followed by number) a conversion code (specifies conversion type from the original data to its final form, present supported forms are b-binary, o-octal, h-hex, d/f-decimal, e/g-scientific form and s-string) a final optional | char (used for vertical alignment during printout if desired) Some details have yet to be done before the printf is completed. I'll announce it for posting to the library for study when ready to release if there is some interest. Also welcomed is any suggestion to enhance the usability of the actual printf, which I really never found user friendly at all.