multiple object instances at runtime

im making a multiplayer game, and ive asked the user to input how many players to a numberOfPlayers variable

i then want to create an instance of a player class for each player using a for loop..

Code:

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for(int p=1; p<=numberOfPlayers; p++)
player ?????????;

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i want to make the player variables named player1, player2 etc..
how can i do this?

ps.. i can see im going to have to declare the player variables on the free store, but its just the naming of the variables im stuck with..

Something like this maybe:

Code:

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playerClass *Players[MAXPLAYERS];

for (int i = 0; i < NumOfPlayers; i++)
  Players[i] = new playerClass;

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