string as a variable name

[violatro]

Hi everyone! I am a new user and I have, maybe, a big question. Is it possible to do a function that takes as argument the name of the variable that i want to initialize? It is something like this

#include<...>
...
void initialize(char name, int length)
{
  int *name, init_name[length];
  name=&ini_name[0];
}

is this impossible?

[laserlight]

No, but a function-style macro might work. What exactly are you trying to do?

[violatro]

No, but a function-style macro might work. What exactly are you trying to do?

I want to do a small function that does the task I have written. It is just to don't have to type every time the pointer's name, the array's name and to initialize the pointer :-)
Can you give me an example of function-style macro because I have never heard about this

[laserlight]

It is just to don't have to type every time the pointer's name, the array's name and to initialize the pointer

That sounds pointless, e.g.,

int init_name[length];
int *name = init_name;

Can you give me an example of function-style macro because I have never heard about this

You could just read about macros in general, and you will learn about them.

[violatro]

That sounds pointless, e.g.,

int init_name[length];
int *name = init_name;

I am a little lazy :-) and also I want a "clean" code

You could just read about macros in general, and you will learn about them.

I thought that they were something different from macros! Thank you!