Using a variables string value in variable name - powershell

Question

It should work like:
$part = 'able'
$variable = 5
Write-Host $vari$($part)
And this should print "5", since that's the value of $variable.
I want to use this to call a method on several variables that have similar, but not identical names without using a switch-statement. It would be enough if I can call the variable using something similar to:
New-Variable -Name "something"
but for calling the variable, not setting it.
Editing to add a concrete example of what I'm doing:
Switch($SearchType) {
'User'{
ForEach($Item in $OBJResults_ListBox.SelectedItems) {
$OBJUsers_ListBox.Items.Add($Item)
}
}
'Computer' {
ForEach($Item in $OBJResults_ListBox.SelectedItems) {
$OBJComputers_ListBox.Items.Add($Item)
}
}
'Group' {
ForEach($Item in $OBJResults_ListBox.SelectedItems) {
$OBJGroups_ListBox.Items.Add($Item)
}
}
}
I want this to look like:
ForEach($Item in $OBJResults_ListBox.SelectedItems) {
$OBJ$($SearchType)s_ListBox.Items.Add($Item)
}

Answer 1

You're looking for Get-Variable -ValueOnly:
Write-Host $(Get-Variable "vari$part" -ValueOnly)
Instead of calling Get-Variable every single time you need to resolve a ListBox reference, you could pre-propulate a hashtable based on the partial names and use that instead:
# Do this once, just before launching the GUI:
$ListBoxTable = #{}
Get-Variable OBJ*_ListBox|%{
$ListBoxTable[($_.Name -replace '^OBJ(.*)_ListBox$','$1')] = $_.Value
}
# Replace your switch with this
foreach($Item in $OBJResults_ListBox.SelectedItems) {
$ListBoxTable[$SearchType].Items.Add($Item)
}