Is there a way to create variables inside of a loop. Basically something like this, except that the variables variable1, variable2 and variable3 would exist.
int x;
for (x = 1; x < 4; x++) {
int variable[x];
variable[x] = x;
}
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Nope, there isn't.
But you can do something like this:
NSMutableDictionary *dictionary = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
[dictionary setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:i] forKey:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%i", i]];
}
This will save your xs in an NSMutableDictionary, which is comparable to an associative array in other languages.
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You are thinking about variable names incorrectly. What you are looking for is a data structure such as an array which is index based or a dictionary (hash table) to hold these values.
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YOu could use an array and set each value however you like. in your example you have a fixed for loop, so you can define an array of 4, and iterate.
Code:
NSMutableArray *myArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:4];
for (int x=0; x<4; x++)
{
[myArray addObject:x];
}
//you now have an array of 4 int like this: [1,2,3,4]
