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I have a React app and I have a dictionary of symbols stored in another file in the form of securities.{asset}.symbol. For example, for Apple stock the address is stored at securities.Apple.symbol which normally evaluates to 'AAPL'.

So,

    let bb = `securities.${asset}.symbol`;

bb is now a string 'securities.Apple.symbol' How do I evaluate the string above instead of returning a string?

I have tried

 let re = Function('return ' + bb)();
 console.log('res', re));

However that console.log doesnt return anything... (whereas if

  let bb=`1+1`

it would work and evaluate as 2)

Do you have a solution? Thanks

Nada D
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    Don't make `bb` a string and instead use [bracket notation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Property_accessors#bracket_notation): `let re = securities[asset].symbol;` to access your object key – Nick Parsons Feb 02 '22 at 11:44
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    Thank you! That answers my question:) – Nada D Feb 02 '22 at 11:50

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