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Re: Incremental variable names? [message #37911 is a reply to message #37903]

Mon, 02 February 2004 05:57

btt
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Registered: December 2000

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Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
> Have a question about variable names. Is there any way to create and then
> call variable names that have some incremental value in them, e.g.:
>
> t0
> t1
> t2
>
> Etc... I want to be able to first create and assign a value to tn where n =
> 0 to whatever, and then be able to subsequently call that variable using a
> loop.

Hello,

I'm a bit confused about why you to name the variable incrementally if
what you really want to access them incrementally. It seems to me that
you will not be able to decode the increment of the variable with ease
after you have created it. I would seriously consider using a linked
list (http://www.dfanning.com/documents/programs.html#LINKEDLIST) or
make a variable object that can be stored in a container (which is just
a linked list itself.) Then you simply access the variable in the
order the have been stored.

I was introduced to the latter method when Martin Schultz (where is he,
anyway?) first built a generic object system. I prefer the Martin's
method now, as I can do some spiffy things with the variables without
cluttering up my code.

Cheers,
Ben

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		Re: Incremental variable names? By: Chris Lee on Wed, 04 February 2004 01:34
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: Jonathan Greenberg on Mon, 02 February 2004 21:46
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: condor on Mon, 02 February 2004 13:45
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: MKatz843 on Mon, 02 February 2004 08:52
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: btt on Mon, 02 February 2004 05:57
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: David Fanning on Sun, 01 February 2004 20:57
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: David Fanning on Sun, 01 February 2004 20:55
		Re: Incremental variable names? By: mmeron on Sun, 01 February 2004 20:51

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