Execute a Macro with the Macro Name as a Variable

Is there anyway to use the Execute Macro action but have a variable for the name of the macro to be run?

I want to set up an array and if a condition exists run a macro with that name. For example:
myArray(Apple, Banana, Cherry).

I want to test if files with those names exist. If not I want to run a macro with that name. Here is the pseudo code:
For i = 0 to Ubound(myArray)
fileName = "~Documents" & myArray(i) & ".txt"
If file fileName does not exist then
Execute Macro myArray(i)
End if
Next

This may give you some idea.
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Once you have passed the macro name (in my example, "Display Text") to the variable, then you can do:

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
do script macroName

Here is the code in the example:

set kmInst to system attribute "KMINSTANCE"
tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
	set macroName to getvariable "Local__macroName" instance kmInst
	do script macroName
end tell

This is to get Local or Instance variables. To get global variable value, use the method given on the wiki page.

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Thanks.

That same script will work with Global variables.

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