Variables Setting W/array

How can I go about setting a number of variables using a table which will
have the variable names to be declared in one table. The data to be assigned
will reside in another. As an example, I know this assignment works:

var nam0 = tab[0]
var nam1 = tab[1]
var nam2 = tab[2]
..
..
..

What I would like is to use two tables

var namtab = ["nam0","nam1","nam2"]
var tab = ["va0","val1","val2"]

Then using a loop, assign the variables so that I may address them by name
"nam0" rather than namtab[0].

var nametab = ["nam0","nam1","nam2"] ** also tried w/o the quotes
for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
var nametab[i] = crumbs[0];