Ok i found the solution… had to change variables value to a string:

markerNr = thisComp.layer(“Werte_Speicher”).effect(“Auswahl-MarkerNr”)(1);
 landkreis = String(footage(“Landkreisauswahl.csv”).dataValue([1,markerNr]));
 l = thisComp.layer(landkreis);   
l.toComp(l.anchorPoint); 

this seems to work…

Did this already and works fine. No problem there – this is what bugs me. I can use it to get the text as source text and it always shows the correct string but as a Layer-Name it has problems… I think this really comes from the fact that you use “” for getting the Layer-Name. In my before post you can see i found a work around, the expression…

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i found a solution that (kind of) works BUT still shows an error (while working). I think the problem is with the String which i use to access the layer. So i tried to convert it to a String but maybe i did it wrong or it is not the problem. With adding four ‘ to the code, it seems to kind of work.

The same when i enter the Layer-Name manually…

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Hello, have an Problem with my code. I have csv table with two columns: One “MarkerNr” and one “Landkreis” (german word for counties). I have a Slider with the rounded values of 1-10 which use to select the row i want to access. In the column “Landkreis”, i have the name of the counties (for example “Ortenaukreis”) and i have many Layer with the…

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