September 2017 Update

Task/Dynamic-variable-names/Nim/dynamic-variable-names.nim

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+import tables
+
+var
+  theVar: int = 5
+  varMap = initTable[string, pointer]()
+
+proc ptrToInt(p: pointer): int =
+  result = cast[ptr int](p)[]
+
+proc main() =
+  write(stdout, "Enter a var name: ")
+  let sVar = readLine(stdin)
+  varMap.add($svar, theVar.addr)
+  echo "Variable ", sVar, " is ", ptrToInt(varMap[$sVar])
+
+when isMainModule:
+  main()