Reading a variable whoose name is in another variable

[Acidic]

Lets say I have

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?

[Acidic]

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?

[Psychotic]

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....

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.

[Acidic]

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

[BuggyProgrammer]

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.