Javascript Dynamic variables names

@RunningDude87May 05.2014

I’m trying to create variable names on the fly in a for loop, something like below:

for i = 0; i<data.rows.length; i ++ {
var a + data.rows.~~[i]~~.c[1].v = ‘ some value’;
var b + data.rows.~~[i]~~.c[1].v = ‘ some value’;
var c + data.rows.~~[i]~~.c[1].v = ‘ some value’;
}

My goal is to have the variable names like:
a1234 = ‘some value’;
b1234 = ‘some value’;
c1234 = ‘soome value’;

I keep getting error messages though. Does anyone have a good solution? Thanks!

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@N_CMay 05.2014 — #try an object like this:

[code=html]
 var results = {};
 
 for i = 0; i<data.rows.length; i ++ {
 results[a + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 results[b + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 results[c + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 }
 console.log(results);
 console.log(results[a1234]);
 console.log(results.a1234);
 [/code]

@Sup3rkirbyMay 05.2014 — #I don't know that you can create actual named variables on-the-fly in javascript. And even if it can be done (though not likely), there is a better way to go about this.

Objects (and arrays for that matter) are lovely things in javascript as they allow you to store a great deal of information in a very organized manor.

[CODE]
 var $onTheFly = {};
 for(i = 0; i<data.rows.length; i++){
 $onTheFly["a" + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 $onTheFly["b" + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 $onTheFly["c" + data.rows.[i].c[1].v] = ' some value';
 }
 console.log($onTheFly["a1234"]); // Prints "some value" to the console
 [/CODE]

Also, I'm not sure if this is just a matter of how you posted your code on the forum or not, but you don't appear to have any parentheses around your [B]for()[/B] loop parameters. Someone could correct me if I'm wrong but I'm fairly certain those are required (and thus would create an error otherwise).

@N_CMay 05.2014 — #look at this: http://jsfiddle.net/g5B3P/3/

@RunningDude87authorMay 05.2014 — #Thank guys!!! Using an object to store data worked great for me. And I did have parentheses around the for loop, just typed it in wrong.

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