Is there a way to generate variable names using strings? What I'm
trying to do in this particular case is use a for loop, to
generate variables (then probably put them in an array in the
end) that represent images. So the name is pretty much "image" +
the image padding + iterator number. So image001, image002, etc.

So visually (though not real syntax):
auto "imageName" ~ "imagePadding" ~ i = new Imagefromfile(userDefinedLocation);

The problem is I can't figure out how to actually create the
unique variable.  I was thinking of trying to use 'new' some how,
but still not sure.

Thanks in advance for any help!

On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at 01:16:50 UTC, K.K. wrote:
> Is there a way to generate variable names using strings? What I'm
> trying to do in this particular case is use a for loop, to
> generate variables (then probably put them in an array in the
> end) that represent images. So the name is pretty much "image" +
> the image padding + iterator number. So image001, image002, etc.
>
> So visually (though not real syntax):
> auto "imageName" ~ "imagePadding" ~ i = new Imagefromfile(userDefinedLocation);
>
> The problem is I can't figure out how to actually create the
> unique variable.  I was thinking of trying to use 'new' some how,
> but still not sure.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!

I'm 99% sure you actually want an array or associative array. Something like this maybe?

ImageType[string] images;
images[format("image%03d", i)] = new ImagefromFile(userDefinedLocation);

On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at 02:06:28 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>
> I'm 99% sure you actually want an array or associative array. Something like this maybe?
>
> ImageType[string] images;
> images[format("image%03d", i)] = new ImagefromFile(userDefinedLocation);

oooh okay I see what you mean. Yeah that will be waaaay better.
It'll help me get rid of all my extra temp variables and
string/int conversions, too.

Thanks! :)

On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at 02:53:08 UTC, K.K. wrote:
> On Wednesday, 8 October 2014 at 02:06:28 UTC, Brian Schott wrote:
>>
>> I'm 99% sure you actually want an array or associative array. Something like this maybe?
>>
>> ImageType[string] images;
>> images[format("image%03d", i)] = new ImagefromFile(userDefinedLocation);
>
> oooh okay I see what you mean. Yeah that will be waaaay better.
> It'll help me get rid of all my extra temp variables and
> string/int conversions, too.
>
> Thanks! :)

Since you're actually already using indexes in the name, you
might as well use a regular array of the appropriate size