Process String as a variable name and print something out

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Hi all experts,

I would like to process String as a variable name and print something out. But I fail. Here is my example:

local Animal = “Frog and Horse and Chicken”

local Fruit = “Apple and Orange”

local Food = “Vegetable and Meat”

local objectTable = {“Animal”, “Fruit”, “Food”}

print ( objectTable[1] )   -->  it will output: Animal, but what I need is to output “Frog and Horse and Chicken”

Would it be possible to treat <<value of objectTable[1] >> as a variable name: Animal to print out: “Frog and Horse and Chicken” instead of printing out: Animal

I know it is not a good programming practice. But I really need this to happen.

Many thx

Best regards,

Frankie

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It is

local objectTable = {Animal, Fruit, Food}

It is similar to

objectTable["Animal"]=" my text ... "
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local tbl\_indexed = {"Frog and Horse and Chicken", "Apple and Orange", "Vegetable and Meat" } local tbl\_keyed = { animal = "Frog and Horse and Chicken", fruit = "Apple and Orange", food = "Vegetable and Meat" } print(" tbl\_indexed index #2 = " , tbl\_indexed[2]) print(" tbl\_keyed Food key = " , tbl\_keyed.food)
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It is

local objectTable = {Animal, Fruit, Food}

It is similar to

objectTable["Animal"]=" my text ... "
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local tbl\_indexed = {"Frog and Horse and Chicken", "Apple and Orange", "Vegetable and Meat" } local tbl\_keyed = { animal = "Frog and Horse and Chicken", fruit = "Apple and Orange", food = "Vegetable and Meat" } print(" tbl\_indexed index #2 = " , tbl\_indexed[2]) print(" tbl\_keyed Food key = " , tbl\_keyed.food)