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user2798044
user2798044

Reputation: 1

Adding a char to a variable name

In my case, the code I want looks something like this:

anRow0[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
anRow1[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
anRow2[] = {0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
int place(int nVar1, int nVar2) //Where nVar1 is the row and nVar2 = current turn
{
    int nVert = 0;
    while (anRow\i want to add nVar1 here\[nVert+1] && nVert < 6)
    {
        nVert += 1;
    }
    anRow[nVert] = nVar2;
    return true;
}

I could make several "if (nVar1 == 0) //check for anRow1[] etc. but that seems inefficient.
Is there a way to add a number like this? Also, please ignore the rest of code, I know you could for example replace the while with a for, but that's besides the point.

Appreciate any help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 661

Answers (5)

john
john

Reputation: 87959

Seems like you want a two dimensional array, something like this

int an[3][6] = {{0,0,0,0,0,0,0}, {0,0,0,0,0,0,0}, {0,0,0,0,0,0,0}};

int place(int nVar1, int nVar2)
{
    int nVert = 0;
    while (nVert < 6 && an[nVar1][nVert+1])
    {
        nVert += 1;
    }
    an[nVar1][nVert] = nVar2;
    return true;
}

Although that code is undoubtedly bugged (would be better with nVert < 5). Still fixing the bugs is another question.

Upvotes: 2

elnigno
elnigno

Reputation: 1821

You could use a two dimensional array instead of 3 1-dimensional arrays. You can read something about them here: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/arrays/

Here's a possible modification:

int an[3][7] = {0};
int place(int nVar1, int nVar2) //Where nVar1 is the row and nVar2 = current turn
{
    int nVert = 0;
    while (anRow[nVar2][nVert+1] && nVert < 6)
    {
        nVert += 1;
    }
    anRow[nVert] = nVar2;
    return true;
}

By the way, why are you are returning "true" although the return value is an int. It's allowed, but I would recommend not doing it. Return 1 instead, or change the return value to boolean.

Upvotes: 1

Some programmer dude
Some programmer dude

Reputation: 409166

You could put the arrays in another array, like this:

std::vector<int*> allRows = {
    anRow0,
    anRow1,
    anRow2
};

Then use a variable to index the allRows vector, like

allRows[i][nVert] = nVar2;

Or better, use an std::array of std::array:

std::array<std::array<int, 7>, 3> allRows = {{
    {{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }},
    {{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }},
    {{ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }}
}};

Upvotes: 1

urzeit
urzeit

Reputation: 2909

This is not possible, since C is a compiled language and the variable names are translated to memory addresses. At run-time, the code does not even know the name of the variables in your source code.

If you want to choose a value by runtime-data, you will always have to use arrays. There are multiple options here, the best for C++ is to use some of the STL-containers (std::array, std::vector, std::list, ...), but you may also use C-style arrays.

Upvotes: 1

nikolas
nikolas

Reputation: 8975

No you cannot manipulate the names of variables, functions, or really anthing syntactically - if you really need this C++ is the wrong language. There may be some very limited set of functionality available by using preprocessor macros, but that is really not what you want.

Instead use containers to store your variables:

std::vector<std::array<int, 7>> rows;

Upvotes: 0

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