indirect assignement in lisp

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Hello all,

say I want to assign a variable a value.

The name of the variable being assigned should depend on the key pressed by the user. Say, if user hits key "M-1" the variable to assign should be `variable-1', and if the user hits "M-2", the variable to assign should be `variable-2'.

I just don't seem to be able to figure out how to make this indirect assignment (other than using a switch statement, of course!). This is a sample of what I've been trying to do:

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(defvar marked-point-1 nil )
(defvar marked-point-2 nil )

(defun set-mark-point ()
    (interactive)
    ( let ( point-name ( cmd-key last-command-char ) )
        ( if ( or ( < cmd-key 49 ) ( > cmd-key 50 ) )
            ( message "the key is %d how did you get here?" cmd-key )
            ( progn
              ( setq point-name ( concat "marked-point-" (number-to-string (- cmd-key 48 ))))
;              ( set (eval point-name) (list (current-buffer) (point) ) )
            )
        )
    )
)
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as one can see, point-name gets assigned to the variable name depending on the key pressed, but how do I get that variable (marked-point-1 or marked-point-2 in this case) assigned a value. I tried many variants of the commented out statement, all to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

regards,
Vb