[Javascript] Defining the Name of a Variable at Runtime

[Jeff Howden]

greg,

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> From: gregory.john.toland at census.gov
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> Is it possible to define the name of a variable at
> runtime?  I would like to create variables a1...a100
> like....
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> eval( "a" + i ) = new Image( 214, 39 );
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> Is this possible?
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sure, but not with the eval() on the left side of the assignment operator.
why would you want to do it this way, as opposed to just using an array
though?

a = new Array();
a[0] = new Image(214, 39);

if you really want to use dynamic variable names, then create them without
the eval() function by referencing them as properties of the "self" object
(which they are anyway).

self['a' + i] = new Image(214, 39);

good luck,

.jeff

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