Declaring variables

I want to write a program that gets an integer from an user eg. 5
The five should tell the program that 5 variables should be created. How would i approach this problem? must one use arrays? any input will be appreciated

Code:

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cin>>i;
int *pi;
pi = new int [i];

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Thanks for the reply, but im a bit thick and rather new to c++. Can you give a quick explaination of whats going on??

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int i;
cin>>i; //get input from user
int *pi;//define a pointer to int
pi = new int [i]; //new allocates memory. In this case,
                        //new allocates memory for i objects of type int.
                        //and pi points to the first elements of the allocated space.

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This new expression allocates i objects of type int from the free store and returns the address of that object. We use that address to initialize the pointer pi.

http://faq.cprogramming.com/cgi-bin/...&id=1043284351

Does he know what pointers are yet?

I have a basic idea of pointers. Does it work the same as in c?
I wasnt to bad in c, but that was about 2 yrs ago.

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Originally Posted by Marlon

I have a basic idea of pointers. Does it work the same as in c?

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I guess so