using format in a command other than text/chat/hint

Ok,

So i've used the format command in the past quite a lot to throw out a variable as a string and show it in sidechat or in a hint. no worries.

I'm now trying to figure out how you go about using it to fill in part of the name of an object.

i have a line in my script that i want to run

trigger_c4 setVariable ["spawn",true,true];

the bit that i want to use format for is the 4, where that value can be whatever happens to be held in variable called area_charlie

my best guess was something like.

call compile format  ["area_c%1 setvariable ["spawn",true,true]",area_charlie];

but no luck so far :(

I think you need to put "spawn" in double qoutes, like ""spawn"" or apostrophe, like 'spawn'.

""spawn""

Start your game with -showscripterrors

ahh brilliant thanks guys! :D