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The global environment (the table holding the global variables) can be accessed using variable _G. local playerName = getPlayerName( player ) local variableName = "Timer"+playerName _G[ variableName ] = setTimer ( function() end, 1000, 0 ) However, building variable names is usually not recommended for generic manipulation of data. Instead of putting the timers into global variable space, you can create your own table specifically for timers: -- at the top of the script playerTimers = {} -- then, somewhere in the code local playerName = getPlayerName( player ) playerTimers[ playerName ] = setTimer ( function() end, 1000, 0 ) But I suspect that's still not exactly what you want to do. Should the timer be linked to player's name, or to the player? If it's linked to the player's name, then if the player changes their name during the game, playerTimes[playerName] will no longer refer to the timer created before the change. If that's not what you want, you can bypass the retrieval of the name and just use the player element directly as table key: -- at the top of the script playerTimers = {} -- then, somewhere in the code playerTimers[ player ] = setTimer ( function() end, 1000, 0 )

Thanks a lot for the help :) I'm still new to programming so people like you help a lot.