Attribute cell to lookup value?

[Stephen Mattingly]

Hi All,
   Is there any way for an attribute cell (within a list) to call for a 
value, rather than just use the value in the cell?

currently, if i put a string variable name in the attribute cell in a list 
(e.g. randomColor(0) ), it tries to find a file name that is the variable 
name (tries to find file,"randomColor(0)" ). rather, i would like it to 
look up the value stored by the variable and use THAT string as a filename.

as i build complexity  into this task, my current solution becomes a pain, 
but my current solution is below:


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i want to randomize a list of colors at the beginning, but to keep the 
value the same for the rest of the experiment.

first inline

Dim randomColor(3) as String
randomColor(0)="red.bmp"
randomColor(1)="blue.bmp"
randomColor(2)="yellow.bmp"
randomColor(3)="green.bmp"
Randomize
randomizeArray randomColor

while ColorAssignCount < 49  '48 training trials

Train.SetAttrib ColorAssignCount, "Color1", randomColor(0)
Train.SetAttrib ColorAssignCount, "Color2", randomColor(1)
Train.SetAttrib ColorAssignCount, "Color3", randomColor(2)
Train.SetAttrib ColorAssignCount, "Color4", randomColor(3)

ColorAssignCount = ColorAssignCount + 1

wend
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it would be simpler to be able to call, within each list, 'randomColor(0)', 
as i will eventually have many lists and other elements that need 
randomization in a similar way. 

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