noob here need helo on declareing

[gareth_2007]

what i want to do is declare

arnold as string

and then say

arnold = (App.Path & "\Data\Students\Class 1\Green\Arnold.ini", "Student", "4")

but i want is so if i need to use it any where in the program i can just put arnold if you see what i mean.
there are going to me 32 names used so is there a way to do it in a module? cheers gareth