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    Question Creating Objects at specified indexes

    Hi,

    I am trying to add created objects to an ArrayList in a for-loop through indexes. The code below gives me errors when I try compile

    //Create 4 Question objects...
    Question ques1 = new Question("First", 1);
    Question ques2 = new Question("First", 2);
    Question ques3 = new Question("First", 3);
    Question ques4 = new Question("First", 4);
     
    //Create an empty Question ArrayList
    ArrayList<Question> list = new ArrayList<Question>();
     
    //for loop through 4 times starting at index 1
    for(int i=1; i<=4; i++)
    {
            //Trying to add each Question object along with the specified index during the loop.
    	list.add(ques+i);
    }

    The code outputs: cannot find symbol: variable ques

    Could anyone identify the problem?

    Thanks


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    Default Re: Creating Objects at specified indexes

    cannot find symbol: variable ques
    The compiler can not find a variable named: ques
    Where is that variable defined?
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    Default Re: Creating Objects at specified indexes

    I understand how the compiler cannot find ques, but I used a for loop to add each index to the ques variable (ques+i).

    So according to the compiler, wouldn't it look as if the variable is ques1, ques2, etc (where 1, 2, etc are the indexes)?

    Do you get where I am trying to get at?

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    Default Re: Creating Objects at specified indexes

    Variable names are defined when you type them into the source code.
    If you want to change the contents of a String variable from "ques1" to "ques2" etc then enclose ques in "s like this:
    "ques" + 1

    You can use those Strings as keys in a Map to allow you to access objects using one of those Strings as the key.

    Otherwise define an array with the names of the Question variables.
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    Default Re: Creating Objects at specified indexes

    Thanks, yea il try that so

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