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jamesbeat YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	dynamically referencing variables May 12th, 2008, 8:35pm   Hi, is there an easy way to dynamically reference variables in processing? Code: int test1 = 0; int test2 = 20; int test3 = 20; for( int i=1; i<=3, i++){ "test"+i = 100; // var test1 should now be 100 } i think ["test"+i] is the way its done in actionscript, is there a way to do this in processing? any help appreciated!

JohnG Ex Member	Re: dynamically referencing variables Reply #1 - May 12th, 2008, 8:47pm   You want arrays: Code: int test[3]; test[0]=0; test[1]=20; test[2]=20; for(int i=0;i<3;i++) { test[i]=100; }

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: dynamically referencing variables Reply #2 - May 13th, 2008, 6:51pm   Funny, some languages used to do that... In this simple case, arrays is indeed the right tool. For more complex cases, you might want to look at HashMap or other associative arrays.