Checking if a variable exists:

TPWT (1)
Hello everyone- this must be a simple problem, but I can't find a solution everywhere.

I have a set of variables (created via struct):

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struct problemSheet {
	string name;
}


where:
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problemSheet sheet1;
	sheet1.name="Problem Sheet 1";

problemSheet sheet2;
	sheet2.name="Problem Sheet 2";

etc...


now I want to output the names of all the variables ie:

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cout << sheet1.name << endl;
cout << sheet2.name << endl;


but now I want to do this automatically ie- output all the sheets stored in the memory by going through sheet1, sheet2, sheet3...

I tried to do this via checking the existence using stringstream, but this checks the existence of the string stream, rather than the variable I want:
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outputKounter=0;
while (1){
outputString.str("");
outputString <<  "sheet" << outputKounter;
cout << outputString.str() << endl;
	if (outputString.str()){
		cout << "EXISTS!" << endl;
	}
	else{
	break;
	}
outputKounter++;
}


Any ideas? I've been at this for a few days, and there must be a simple answer...
majidkamali1370 (241)
Don't do this. AFAIK this is reflection and it's hard to implement in C++.
Use an array of structs instead.
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