+=pod
+
+=head3 get_var
+
+Returns a variable from a dictionary
+
+=cut
+
+sub get_var
+{
+ my $dict = shift;
+ my $idx = shift;
+ my $var = pxs_get_variable ($dict, $idx);
+
+ if ( ref $var )
+ {
+ bless ($var, "PSPP::Var");
+ }
+ return $var;
+}
+
+