access the contents of the contents of java variables

[n_joan]

I have a variable that contains the name of another variable. I intend to read the contents of the variable name. how?

[darkagn]

So is your setup like this:

String variableName = "aVariable";
int aVariable = 670;

And you want to access aVariable through variableName? If that's the case, why do you need variableName?

[n_joan]

And you want to access aVariable through variableName? If that's the case, why do you need variableName?

Yes. Because aVariable derived from the results of an operation of reading the contents of the field from a class.

getClass().getFields();

[Tiger Woods]

You can use the Java reflection API to do this, but you're probably over-complicating your project.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reflect/member/fieldValues.html

[n_joan]

tank you......