multiple variable names

I have a bunch of objects in my patch, say 100 of them, I want to send them all a control message à la [script bringtofront var1] via [thispatcher]. It seems like an incredible ball ache to have to send a unique message to each object i.e [script bringtofront var1, var2, var3, var4...], is there anyway of giving all of the objects the same scripting name and sending them all the same message? hugs.