Variables in a loop

Question

I was wondering whether there\'s a way in a \"for\" loop to assign a value to a string variable named according to its index number?

let\'s say I have 3 string varia

Answer 1

You said you don't want to have a switch statement. I realize this does have a switch, but if you must have three different variables, you could encapsulate your switch inside a function call:

string message1 = null;
string message2 = null; 
string message3 = null;

void SetMessage(int i, string value)
{
    if(i == 1)
        message1 = value;
    etc
}

 for (int i = 1; i <=3; i++)
 {
   SetMessage(i, "blabla" + i.ToString());
 }

Not an optimal solution but if you MUST have separate variables it will hide the mess.