Re: how to indirect access a variable

[Noel Yap]

I'm not sure if this is a typo in your post, but $($property) should be 
$(property).

Otherwise, what are you getting and what are you expecting?

HTH,
Noel

> Yanghui Bian wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> If in my make file:
> 
> blocks := a b
> 
> a_property := 0 1 2 3
> 
> b_property := 2 3 8 9
> 
> 
> 
> How can I get a list of property in the first column for the all the blocks?
> 
> I try to use the foreach as below:
> 
> block_properties := $(foreach block, $(blocks), $(block)_property)
> 
> properties_of_second_column := $(foreach property, $(block_properties), 
> $(firstword $($property)))
> 
> It doesn’t work. Where is the problem?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks you.
> 
> YBI
> 
> 
> 
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