# Using Variable Names In Arrays?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-variable-names-in-arrays/174796>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 9, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-variable-names-in-arrays/174796 "2006-01-09T12:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![lewi\_p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-variable-names-in-arrays/174796/1 "2006-01-09T12:25:08Z")

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Hi

This is a quick AS question…I want to use variable names instead of values in an array. I’m loading in a cgi file then splitting it up into 6 values (year, month, day, hour, min, sec) I want to use those values in a…

> //example  
> currentDate = new Date (2006, 5, 9, 18, 00, 00)

But as the date will be dynamic I want it to look something like:

```auto
var cgiThing=new loadVars();
cgiThing.onLoad=function(ok){
if(ok){
cgiMonth.text=unescape(this).split(":")[0]
cgiDay.text=unescape(this).split(":")[1]
cgiYear.text=unescape(this).split(":")[2]
cgiHour.text=unescape(this).split(":")[3]
cgiMin.text=unescape(this).split(":")[4]
cgiSec.text=unescape(this).split(":")[5]
}}
cgiThing.load("[http://www.sportinglife.com/datentime/datentime.cgi](http://www.sportinglife.com/datentime/datentime.cgi)")
currentDate = new Date();
currentDate = new Date(cgiYear, cgiMonth, cgiDay, cgiHour, cgiMin, cgiSec)

```

Can anyone help?