Reading a variable whoose name is in another variable

Lets say I have

VB Code:

Type Step
    x As Byte
    y As Byte
    up As Boolean
    down As Boolean
    left As Boolean
    right As Boolean
End Type
 
Dim a As String
Dim cell22 As Step
cell22.x = 1
cell22.y = 5
cell22.up = True
cell22.down = False
cell22.left = False
cell22.right = True
 
a = "cell22"

how can I msgbox the variable whoose name is in a?
in JavaScript it would be: eval(a).x, but I know VB doesn't have eval(), so What can I do?

OK. Now this question isn't urgent as I've found another way of solving the problem (using arrays). Still being curious though, how can this be done?

Do you want to put the value of the variable that is contained in a in a msgbox or do u want to put put the name of the variable thats in a in a msgbox? I don't think that you would be able to put the value of the variable in because the variable is a string so if you did somthing like....

VB Code:

msgbox a

Then you would get the text from the variable... "Cell22"

So....unless theres another way that I am unaware of then its not possible to put the value of a variable thats contained in a variable in a msgbox.

ok, well it's a good thing I thought to use arrays then.

If you add the MS script control then you could do things like that, but it would have to be in the scope of the script.