Javascript use variable as object name

Is it a global variable? If so, these are actually part of the window object, so you can do window[objname].value.

If it's local to a function, I don't think there's a good way to do what you want.

Use square bracket around variable name.

var objname = 'myobject';
{[objname]}.value = 'value';

Global:

myObject = { value: 0 };
anObjectName = "myObject";
this[anObjectName].value++;

console.log(this[anObjectName]);

Global: v2

var anObjectName = "myObject";
this[anObjectName] = "myvalue"

console.log(myObject)

Local: v1

(function() {
    var scope = this;

    if (scope != arguments.callee) {
        arguments.callee.call(arguments.callee);
        return false;
    }

    scope.myObject = { value: 0 };
    scope.anObjectName = "myObject";
    scope[scope.anObjectName].value++;

    console.log(scope.myObject.value);
})();

Local: v2

(function() {  
    var scope = this;

    scope.myObject = { value: 0 };
    scope.anObjectName = "myObject";
    scope[scope.anObjectName].value++;

    console.log(scope.myObject.value);    
}).call({});

The object exists in some scope, so you can almost always access the variable via this syntax:

var objname = "myobject";
containing_scope_reference[objname].some_property = 'some value';

The only place where this gets tricky is when you are in a closed scope and you want access to a top-level local variable. When you have something like this:

(function(){
    var some_variable = {value: 25};
    var x = "some_variable";
    console.log(this[x], window[x]); // Doesn't work
})();

You can get around that by using eval instead to access the current scope chain ... but I don't recommend it unless you've done a lot of testing and you know that that's the best way to go about things.

(function(){
    var some_variable = {value: 25};
    var x = "some_variable";
    eval(x).value = 42;
    console.log(some_variable); // Works
})();

Your best bet is to have a reference to a name in an always-going-to-be-there object (like this in the global scope or a private top-level variable in a local scope) and put everything else in there.

Thus:

var my_outer_variable = {};
var outer_pointer = 'my_outer_variable';
// Reach my_outer_variable with this[outer_pointer]
// or window[outer_pointer]

(function(){
    var my_inner_scope = {'my_inner_variable': {} };
    var inner_pointer = 'my_inner_variable';
    // Reach my_inner_variable by using
    // my_inner_scope[inner_pointer]
})();