How to create variable names depending on loop number

[#1]

Hello

I am trying to create variables dynamically depending on the number of times my loop runs. How can I go about doing this?

Example

for(i=1, i<x, i++,

     //some code goes here

     var || i = current data table();   //This obviously does not work, but I hope you get the idea. I would eventually like to have var1, var2, var3, etc... till the loop is done

     )

Does this make sense?

thanks

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Abdulj,

Here is one way using Eval ( Substitute ( ))

// dv = dummy variable
x = 10;
For( i = 1, i <= x, i++,
	Eval(
		Substitute(
				Expr(
					dv_variable = i;
					Show( dv_variable );
				),
			Expr( dv_variable ), Parse( "Variable Name " || Char( i ) )
		)
	)
);

Michael

[#3]

Wasn't there a talk on this at the Advanced Scripting Panel discussion at the JMP Discovery conference Last week? It was a great seminar, I wonder if the author posted any notes on his talk.

[#4]

Here is an alternate notation:

For( i = 1, i <= x, i++,
	Eval( Parse( Eval Insert( "\[
        var^i^ = Current Data Table()
    ]\" ) ) )
) 

-Dave

[#5]

Dave,

I've never seen that syntax before, do the ^ surround any variable to include in text?  I would have written:

tmp = "var" || char(i) || " = Current Data Table()";

eval(parse(tmp))

This is obviously less efficient than what you've written.

[#6]

Yes enclose each variable with ^ ... ^ and have the jsl statement enclosed in the Eval( Parse( Eval Insert("\[ ...  ]\"))) pattern.

For example, the following code sets spec limits for a column:

Open("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp");

cHeight = Column("height");

Column("height") << Set Property( "Spec Limits", {LSL(55), USL(75), Target(65)} );

Let's say we have the following variable assignments that we would like to use:

colName = "height";

lower = 55;

upper = 75;

target = 40;

Then we can write:

Eval( Parse( Eval Insert("\[

  Column("^colName^") << Set Property( "Spec Limits", {LSL(^lower^), USL(^upper^), Target(^target^)} );

]\")))

-Dave

[#7]

thanks guys!

[#8]

oh nice .... thank you very much. Another thing I need to learn in JMP ...

[#9]

Why create a new variable for each reference? Why not store the data table reference in a list for access by index or an associative array for access by key?