Obtaining type and value of a variable named in another variable

[DLearner]

On Saturday, 16 October 2021 at 19:29:59 UTC, Dennis wrote:
> On Saturday, 16 October 2021 at 19:28:04 UTC, DLearner wrote:
>> How does one obtain from strVar:
>> 1. The type of fooVar;
>
> `typeof(mixin(strVar))`
>
>> 2. The value of fooVar?
>
> `mixin(strVar)`
```
void main() {

    import std.stdio;

    int fooVar = 4;

    string strVar;

    strVar = "fooVar";
    writeln(typeof(mixin(strVar)));
    writeln(mixin(strVar));
}
```
Failed with 2x "Error: variable `strVar` cannot be read at 
compile time".