Field data Assignment

[David Thompson]

>Question: is there a way to store a data item in a field *without* 
>using the actual field name?

The Cell command can be used to assign a value to 
the active cell. The Set command can be used to 
assign a value to a field whose name is specified 
by a formula. The formula could simply be a 
variable that contains that name.

>
>The simple assignment changes the character of the variable name. And 
>the assign( function does the same.
>
>This came up because I had 11 fields from which data was fetched and 
>stored and rather than write explicit code for each field, it was 
>simple to write a ShortCall section of code and thus eliminate a lot 
>of duplicate code. The Field name can easily be put into a variable 
>and data fetched in the ShortCall. But the storage of results cannot 
>be done by that variable, it turns into a local variable.

Nothing will turn a variable that isn't already 
local, into a local. What lead you to the 
conclusion that this was happening?

Dave