If you use "r $1receive" order it works. The dynamic bit seems to need to be at the beginning of the symbol. So you can get r {0-9}receive, instead. > > > >or is there a way to eval $1 expressions in strings: > >obj 10 10 r receive$1 > > has the result :r receive$1 > >but i need :r receive{0-9}* Peter