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Ok. The code here is in fact Javascript but I can not find a way to fixing the problem in javascript. The code below is javascript. 

var =inputdata; 
dataout = data.items.inputdata.time

This is how it would sort of look like if it was php

dataout = data.items.$inputdata.time

I would like inputdata to be treated as a variable and not as text. Sorry for the small amount detail

Felix Kling
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James Coombes XD
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    `var =inputdata;` is invalid syntax. – Sebastian Simon Mar 29 '16 at 15:18
  • I know its = something else above – James Coombes XD Mar 29 '16 at 15:34
  • *"This is how it would sort of look like if it was php"* In PHP, `.` is the concatenation operator. `data` and `items` would be constants. Do you really want to concatenate the value of `data` with the value of `items`? E.g. if `data = 'foo'` and `items = 'bar'` do you want the result to be `'foobar'`? – Felix Kling Mar 29 '16 at 15:36

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You can use square bracket notation: 

dataout = data.items[inputdata].time

This will allow you to use a string in place of a key for a javascript object.

millerbr
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