variable structure name, is that possible?

[islanzadi]

Hey

is it possible to buit a structure with a variable name?

e.g .I've a n data files which I want to load and work with. Now I tought I could built a structure like the following:

struct datafile{
double data[511];
double mass;};

for(i=0; i<=n; i++)
{
string mystring = filename + i
datafile mystring
}

But how can I prevent that the structure name is "mystring" in stead of
filename1, filename2, filename3, ... ?
A

thank you for your time :)

[vlad from moscow]

I do not understand why do you need a structure instead of simple using std::string for the filenames?!

[MrHutch]

I think what he's trying to say is can he create a bunch of structs with identifiers that are composed of his filename string plus whatever iteration of the loop he's at.

So, what the above code is trying to achieve is a bunch of datafile structures, named filename 1 ... filename n.

In short, no, I don't think so. You're creating static instances there and, as such, the compiler needs to be aware of their name at compile time.

[vlad from moscow]

In this case maybe it is better to include a data member for a filename in the structure and use it as identifier. Or use std::map with key as filename and value as the structure.