# Best way to create/assign variables based on strings

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**Created:** [April 1, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-way-to-create-assign-variables-based-on-strings/3001 "2017-04-01T16:47:43Z")\
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> [@yuyichao](#):
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> If this is local scope, it’s impossible and won’t be possible. Use a `Dict` with `String` as keys to hold the value instead.

I agree that using a Dict is better in most cases. However, by defining a macro it is certainly not impossible to create variables in local scope only. I posted [one possible solution in another thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/string-as-a-variable-name/2195/7). Or did I misunderstand what you meant?

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