is it possible to have a dynamic variable in swift. What i want to do is have a chuck of code which writes a variable: I.E
var number = 0
var person+\(number) = "on"
can you help
thanks
No.
Why not just use an array?
There isn't a way to dynamically create variables in Swift.
I think a Dictionary would usually be used in that situation, with a generated string "person \(number)" being the key used to set and retrieve the value.
Or, if your numbers will always be a range 0..<count, in an Array as Jens suggested.
is it possible to programatically create thousands of varibles: E.G person1, person2, person3, etc
Everyone above already answered, "No, just use an array or a dictionary."
Even Objective-C wasn't able to do that.
You can really do this "Super Directly"
But for a property in a class (or struct even in Swift), you can use @selector, to fetch the VALUE of the property, using a String, if you use Setters/Getters...
But no you can't really CREATE a variable with on the fly, but as others have said USE A DICTIONARY!
For instance
var myOnTheFlyHeap: [String : Any] = [ : ], or [String : Any?]
and just throw something in!
myOnTheFlyHeap["person1"] = "Johnny Appleseed"
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