Re: [Dev-C++] Help with creating objects dynamically

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Satish Medepalli wrote:
>    I have the following requirement while creating objects.. I will try to
> explain it using a small example..
> 
>    Suppose I have a class Student defined and I want to create objects of
> type Student inside the main function..
> 
>    And say, the actual name with which i want to create the obect is
> stored in a character array at run time.. say i have the following
> statement
> char NAME[]=getName();
> and the above function is returning the name "JOHN" at run time.
> 
>    Now i want to get the name out of the character array and create the
> object using that particular name at run time.. i.e., 
> Student JOHN;  
> 
>    in a nutshell i want to give the name of the objects to be created at
> run time. IS THIS POSSIBLE?? IF SO CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THIS??

Nope. As far as I know, this is not possible in C++. I know, that Perl 
can do it, but if you EVER programmed in Perl, you know how different it 
is. So I don't think it ca nbe done.

A solution to your problem might be to give a "name" member to your 
class, then at object creation, the constructor takes it as parameter, 
and copies it into the name member.

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   Balázs