Dynamically Addressing Elements

[ForumNewbie]

Hi Forum,

Is it possible to do something like the following:

Instead of:

element("Terry").x=0;
element("June").x=0;

Is there a way I can do something like:

variableelementname="Terry";
element(variableelementname).x=0;
variableelementname="June";
element(variableelementname).x=0;

This is so that I can avoid having to address lots of elements individually. I tried it, but it says I need to have the " in the brackets of the element name. Is there a trick to doing this, or is it just not possible?

Thanks in advance,

Morgan.

[ForumNewbie]

Perhaps I ought to stop answering my own questions

I thought about the problem another way, and found I could use an array to address the elements dynamically instead. It just goes to show, sometimes you can get to the other side faster by going round the mountain rather than over it.

I've attached an example, since it might help someone else.

M.

[kusco]

Hello ForumNewbie,

You're almost there in the first example you tried.

You can do this to access elements as well...

myelement = element("someelement");
myelement.x = myvar;
myelement.y = myothervar;

And, as you have already mentioned you can use arrays to access elements.

myarray = new Array;
myarray(0) = element("myelement");
myarray(0).x = myvar;
myarray(0).y = myothervar;

myarray(1) = element("myotherelement");
myarray(1).x = anothervar;
myarray(1).y = yetanothervar;

HTH

[ForumNewbie]

Yep.

Those arrays are working perfectly now.

Thanks,

M.