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Is it possible to name a list by a string variable?
So here's a function that's supposed to produce a quest ID. Currently I'm just adding a fixed name, indexed. (temporary) The real function is remmed. At the middle, there's a list declaration, but I'd like to create a new list for each quest based on the incoming ID. Is this possible at all? The other question is: is this a good approach?
{
string questID = "QuestID_";
if (temporary == 1)
{
questID = questID+index.ToString();
}
else
{
//questID = AcquireInfoFromXML();
}
// Creating a list for a particular quest
**List<string> questID_Entries = new List<string>();**
for(int j = 0; j <= entry_Max; j++)
{
string entry = GetQuestEntries(j);
if (entry!="")
{
questID_Entries.Add(entry);
Debug.Log(questID+questID_Entries[j]);
}
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
return questID;
}
Can you clarify what you mean about "Na$$anonymous$$g a list by a string variable"
The line you have starred creates a list of strings.
The name of the new list would be the string's value. So, the string Quest1 would create a list with the name Quest1 for its entries.
In other words, as I'm getting a particular questID, at the same time I'd like to create a list by the same ID.
You probably want to look at a Dictionary. You could use the string questID as the key and have a corresponding List for the value.
There's no corresponding list, because it's not yet created. This is the problem. :) I want to create the list first by the ID.
Store the ID's in a list/ array then once you want to add in the dictionary, do it.
List<string> idList new List<string>();
static int index;
idList.Add("Id1");
idList.Add("Id2");
var myDict = new Dictionary<string, List<GameObject>>();
// Once you got the list to go with:
myDict.Add(idList[index++], new List<GameObject>());
The static variable ensures to have only once the list id used.
Here's how you could actually use Dictionary to do what you want.
Dictionary<string, List<string>> quests = new Dictionary<string, List<string>>();
quests.Add["Quest1"] = new List<string>();
quests["Quest1"].Add("whatever I'm adding to the quest list");
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Sorry, I don't have time to dabble with this at the moment, but thanks again.
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