problem with passing variable variables to a function

[martincrumlish]

Hi,

I have a problem with variable variables. i have used these to solve an earlier problem i had posted here.

basically, i have some if statements which set a variable, this variable is then used with a word to make up a new variable.

Here is an abbreviated versio of what I have:

if(
	($status1 == "win") &&
	($status2 == "win") &&
	($status3 == "win") &&
	($status4 == "win") &&
	($status5 == "lose")
	)
	{
	$a = 1;
	$b = 2; 
	$c = 3; 
	$d = 4; 
	$false == $status5;
}
if(
	($status1 == "win") &&
	($status2 == "win") &&
	($status3 == "win") &&
	($status4 == "lose") &&
	($status5 == "win")
	)
	{
	$a = 1;
	$b = 2; 
	$c = 3; 
	$d = 5; 
	$false == $status4;
}
if($a){
return $total = fourfold(${'odds'.$a}, ${'odds'.$a."a"}, 
${'odds'.$b}, ${'odds'.$b."a"}, ${'odds'.$c}, ${'odds'.$c."a"}, 
${'odds'.$d}, ${'odds'.$d."a"}, $stake, ${'rf'.$a}='', ${'rf'.$b}='', 
${'rf'.$c}='', ${'rf'.$d}='', ${'deadheat'.$a}='', ${'deadheat'.$b}
='', ${'deadheat'.$c}='', ${'deadheat'.$d}='', ${'eachway'.$a}='', 
${'eachway'.$b}='', ${'eachway'.$c}='', ${'eachway'.$d}='', 
${'status'.$a}='', ${'status'.$b}='', ${'status'.$c}='', 
${'status'.$d}='');
}

these variables seem to work ok --> ${'odds'.$a}, ${'odds'.$a."a"} etc and are being passed to the fourfold function. However, ${'status'.$b}='' etc dont seem to work. I tried echoing out their values and nothing was returned.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Martin

[martincrumlish]

Can someone help me with this? Have been working at it but still cant solve it.

Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

Nothing's being returned because you're explicitly setting them all to be empty with those ='' bits.

If you're doing that to provide default values, then you should be doing it in the definition of fourfold().

[martincrumlish]

Thanks for the reply weedpacket

As usual, you have solved my problem, Cheers!

"you the man!!!" 😉

PS: off topic, is that Alexi Sayle in your avatar?