# Array names from an array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-names-from-an-array/19798>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-names-from-an-array/19798 "2003-05-01T18:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojoNYC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@mojoNYC](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mojoNYC)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-names-from-an-array/19798/1 "2003-05-01T18:58:46Z")

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i have an array of array names, but i’m having trouble with it being considered a string:\<BR\>  
onstageArray = ["\_root.backstageArray", “\_root.perfArray”];  
\<P\>  
myName=onStageArray[0];

i’ve tried using eval, and it doesn’t work , so how can i turn an array member into a reference to an array? anybody…bueller?

-mojo

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-names-from-an-array/19798/2 "2003-05-01T19:13:59Z")

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take out the quotation marks… that might work.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-names-from-an-array/19798/3 "2003-05-01T19:15:38Z")

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```auto
a = [1, 2, 3];
b = ["go", "for", "it"];
n = [a, b];
x = n[1]
trace(x)

```

outputs:

```auto
go,for,it

```