# Interpolation inside a variable?

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/interpolation-inside-a-variable/45637>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** eex, elixir\
**Created:** [January 29, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/interpolation-inside-a-variable/45637 "2022-01-29T18:42:19Z")\
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You can probably do the following:

```elixir
assigns[String.to_atom("computer#{x}")]

```

This works because `@computer1` is shorthand for `assigns.computer1` which can also be expressed as `assigns[computer1]`

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