Hi:

The help file shows the following for the & command:

& Command
Performs macro substitution.

Syntax
& VarName[.cExpression]

Arguments
& VarName Specifies the name of the variable or array element
to reference in the macro substitution.

.cExpression The optional period (.) delimiter and .cExpression
are used to append additional characters to a macro.
cExpression appended to the macro with .cExpression
can also be a macro.

Given that explanation one of the following should work:

var_value = 5
var_name = 'var_value'

output_var = &var.'_name'
.OR.
output_var = &var._name
.OR.
cEXPR = '_name'
output_var = &var.eEXPR
.OR.
cEXPR = '_name'
output_var = &var.&eEXPR
.OR.
cEXPR = '_name'
output_var = &var.(eEXPR)
All of those are supposed to append "_name" to &var thus making &var_name.
Needless to say, none of them work.

The only usage I've found is:
var_value = 5
var_name = 'var_value'
output_var = &varname
This is a very limited usage since it's too "strict"

Does anybody know the right way to do this?

TIA