Is it possible to name a variable with a stringname?

[Goku81]

This is what I want to do.....

String variableName = "polarBearTotal";

int (variableName) = 400;

// Is there a way to do something like that??
// please say there is. I'm tryin to save myself some
// work with vectors if there's already a way to do this.
// thanks

 

[vkarthik]

hi

whats ur exact problem? if u can xplain what u want to do exactly, may b i can help.

luv
Karthik.
A ship is safe in the harbour, but that's not what it is meant for!!! LOL

 

[babusats]

You can if you write a program that change place holders to names, i mean you redirect all your names to a file , generate a template source file with place holders for variable names, run a program that replaces place holders with names from that file. I hope u understand. R.Sathish.
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[idarke]

Instead of a vector, use a HashMap. Then you can do something like this

HashMap hm = new HashMap();
hm.add ("PolarBearTotal", new Integer(400));

To get the number back, do this

Integer total = hm.get("PolarBearTotal"
int tot = total.intValue();