Re: Strings as variable names

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Whenever you have variables pointing to indexed parts or to
> consecutive snippets you may want to use variables like
>
> violin1 =
> violin2 =
>
> or
>
> flute_phrase01 =
> flute_phrase02 =
>
> or similar.  This is expressive as LilyPond code per se, and would
> be accessible for scripting, e.g. to generate stub files with empty
> varialbes.
>
> The workaround using roman numbers is pretty cumbersome, and I think
>
> violin_02_34 would be much more comprehensible to most users than
> violinIIxxxiv

I suggest to use the m4 preprocessor
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_(computer_language)] to convert,
say, `violin1' to `violinI'.  Add the line

  define(`violin1', `violinI')

at the very beginning of your input file, then run

  m4 < infile > outfile


     Werner