# Need help with SharedObject variable names

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-sharedobject-variable-names/250788>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-sharedobject-variable-names/250788 "2008-02-01T14:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![lkingman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@lkingman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lkingman)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-sharedobject-variable-names/250788/1 "2008-02-01T14:28:28Z")

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The syntax I normally use to read a string as an object reference, doesn’t seem to work with a SharedObject.

var name:String=[the object’s name as string]  
this[name].property=someData

works, but …

shObj.data.this[name]=someData

does not.

I want to access SharedObject names as variables. Does anyone know what would work?

Thanks for any help.