string as variable

[Ams Ams]

My code will print 'tab1' but want to print '143' (tab1 value). How????

tab1=143
t='tab'+'1'    #it mean tab1
print t

[bvdet]

Built-in function eval().

>>> tab1=143
>>> t = 'tab'+'1'
>>> t
'tab1'
>>> eval(t)
143
>>>