creating variables on the fly

ok, so i need to have identical structures or classes (doesn't matter), and i need to have as many of them as the user wants to use. i could make a whole bunch of htem and call it good, but there is always that chance. so i want to have a counter, that creates a structure to put information to as its needed. but i keep getting really really weird syntax errors.

first, is that posible?

second, i created a dummy program just to see if it was posible, this is it, and this is whats giving me so much trouble.

Code:

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#include <iostream>

void main()
{
int n = 0;
int again;
        do{

                struct n
                {
                        int i;
                }n;

                cout << "gimmie a number: ";
                cin >> n.i ;

                cout << "go again? 1/0: " ;
                cin >> again ;

                n++;
        }while( again == '1');
       
        while( n >= '0')
        {
                cout << "n.i" ;
        }

        return;
}

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the errors that i get don't make sence, and when i double cliock on them it opens up 2 new files, cerrno, and cstdio, and says something is wrong with them.

any idea what i'm doing wrong/ any idea how to do what i'm trying to do?

any help is greatly apreciated :)

ps: i'm using windows XP, with microsoft visual studio.net

You have an int n, and an instance of your struct n. You do not reference the std namespace with cout or cin. You put things in quotations or single quotes a lot when they are not meant to be. It's int main. You need to change the value of 'n' in the second while loop, or whatever you rename it too, so it is not infinite.

>> any idea what i'm doing wrong?

quite a lot.

>> any idea how to do what i'm trying to do?

you can use an array, std::vector, std::list, or any other suitable container.

heh, i was using printf and scanf, becuase i don't like cout or cin, but changed it. thats why i have the double quotes there. guess i wasn't really paying atention. but the rest still stands.

how do i make the instance of my struct the value of n? would i use &n? also, by me putting n as the name of the struct, is the struct named the value of n, or is it just named n?

thanks, i hadn't noticed that there was no n--; in the second while loop.

so no matter what i changed, i was getting hte same error, so i made a new file, and the erroes got back to stuff i could reletivly understand.

i still don't understand how i would make the structure name the numerical value of n (if it helps i could make it a class), the only errors that i'm getting are:

error C2676: binary '++' : 'main::n' does not define this operator or a conversion to a type acceptable to the predefined operator

and
error C2228: left of '.i' must have class/struct/union type
type is 'int'

here is my code after i cleaned it from my dumb mistakes.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n = 0;
int again;


do{
                struct n
                {
                        int i;
                }n;
                cout << "gimmie a number: ";
                cin >> n.i ;
                cout << "go again? 1/0: " ;
                cin >> again ;

                n++;
        }while( again == 1);
       
        while( n >= 0)
        {
                cout << n.i ;
                n--;
        }

        return 0 ;
}

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Post new code, where you are trying to use the address-of n probably. Edit: I see your edit.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
        int iter = 0;
        int again;

        struct n
        {
                int i;
        } n;

        do {

                cout << "gimmie a number: ";
                cin >> n.i ;
                cout << "go again? 1/0: " ;
                cin >> again ;

                iter++;
        } while( again == 1);
       
        while( iter >= 0)
        {
                cout << n.i ;
                iter--;
        }


        return 0 ;
}

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Make sure your struct doesn't go out of scope from the loop. Renamed the other thingy.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Sebastiani

>> any idea what i'm doing wrong?

quite a lot.

>> any idea how to do what i'm trying to do?

you can use an array, std::vector, std::list, or any other suitable container.

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the reason i'm trying to figure it out is becuase my homework requires that each thing has its own structure. so i can't just make them all arrays. :-/

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Originally Posted by Tonto

Post new code, where you are trying to use the address-of n probably.

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sorry, didn't think about that, but i edited my post :) with syntax errors and everything.

What are you incrementing if you don't mind me asking?
I think you will find you are incrementing an object of type n, which is also incorrectly declared.

This is hideous sticking everything in main but here goes:

Code:

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#include <iostream>

//Sorry, I detest the use of this mechanism
//using namespace std;

//Could use a list as well
std::vector<UINT> vNumbers;


int main()
{
  //Loop variable
  int again=0;

  //Value from user
  UINT value=0;

  do
  {
    cout << "gimmie a number: ";
    cin >> value;

    //Add value to the vector
    vNumbers.push_back(value);

    cout << "go again? 1/0: " ;
    cin >> again ;

} while( again == 1);
       
//Print out all values entered
  for (UINT i=0;i<vNumbers.size();i++)
    cout << vNumbers[i];


return 0 ;
}

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the user can add types of food to this program that i'm suposed to be making. each item of food has a name, caliroes, etc etc, and is suposed to be in its own structure. when dealing with the food, teh user enters a coresponding number, aka, teh first item they added was 0, etc

which is why i ahve to use classes or structures. otherwise i would just use arrays, which would be the most simple way posible.

btw, that code isn't working. i've never heard of UINT, and my compiler doesn't seem to know what it is either. i'm also getting a syntax error that vector isn't part of std.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Tonto

Post new code, where you are trying to use the address-of n probably. Edit: I see your edit.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
        int iter = 0;
        int again;

        struct n
        {
                int i;
        } n;

        do {

                cout << "gimmie a number: ";
                cin >> n.i ;
                cout << "go again? 1/0: " ;
                cin >> again ;

                iter++;
        } while( again == 1);
       
        while( iter >= 0)
        {
                cout << n.i ;
                iter--;
        }


        return 0 ;
}

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Make sure your struct doesn't go out of scope from the loop. Renamed the other thingy.

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thats great, and it worked and everything, only problem is that every time i input a new value to n.i, the old value is gone. what i wanted to do wad make it so taht it wasn't n.i, it was actualy 0.i, 1.i, 2.i, etc, and call it that way, with n being a counter, and my incrimenting, or decrimenting n, i would call a diferent struct.

sorry about the double post, i'm worried that people wouldn't see an edit.

Then you would need a way to create several instances (other than arrays or STL containers which don't seem to be allowed) of the struct. Since you're using the same struct, writing a new value will overwrite the previous one. If you're really not allowed to use arrays, did your teacher suggest any other methods to store multiple instances of an object?




By the way, you can't simply walk in and create a variable out of an arbitrary name in C++. You'll need to declare it with a valid name and provide your program with a good reference to it before you can use it at all.

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which is why i ahve to use classes or structures. otherwise i would just use arrays, which would be the most simple way posible.

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Why cant you use an array of objects?

ok, i decided thtat i'd be easeier to use a class, since i can just do this.

Code:

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                class cls
        {
        public:

                int i;
        };

        cls one
        cls two

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and now i can use each of them as if they were compleatly diferent.

and i figured out that you can't use a number, i have to use words, which is fine, i could convert every number to that many 'a's or something. only problem is how do i tell cls that i wasn't it to be known by the value of something, instead of just something?

no my teacher didn't sugest anything else.

so with classes, and kind of re done, this works

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int number;
        class cls
        {
        public:
                void seti(int i);
                int geti();
        private:
                int i;
        };
void cls::seti(int i)
{
        this -> i = i;
}
int cls::geti()
{
        return i;
}
int main()
{

        cls one;
        cls two;

        cout << "enter a number: ";
        cin >> number;
        one.seti(number);

        cout << "\nenter another number: ";
        cin >> number;
        two.seti(number);


                cout << one.geti() << " " << two.geti();

        return 0 ;
}

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now i'm new to classes, and i know teh including namespace std is a noob thing to do. sorry about my ineptitude.

so there is no way to instead of using "one" or "two" use a char string? i can't figure one out, but i'm still new, so maybe one of you know.

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Originally Posted by laserlight

Why cant you use an array of objects?

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i don't know how, or what that is :-/

It sounds to me like you are talking about using a linked list structure and using the number as a way to access the node you need. It would fit your criteria. Each time you add a node you can increment the count and store that number in that node. When you need to access the node, you would walk the list of nodes compareing the number to the one entered and then display that node once it is found.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by manofsteel972

It sounds to me like you are talking about using a linked list structure and using the number as a way to access the node you need. It would fit your criteria. Each time you add a node you can increment the count and store that number in that node. When you need to access the node, you would walk the list of nodes compareing the number to the one entered and then display that node once it is found.

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exactaly