Increment the name of variable

Question

Basically I want to increment the name of the variable. What is the correct syntax to do this?

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
    eval(\"var slider_\" + i);

             


        

Answer 1

Why not just use an array?

var slider = [];

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
    slider[i] = function(){
        //some code
    }

    dojo.addOnLoad(slider[i]);
}

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Alternatively, you could access them based on the object they are contained within. Assuming they are global variables (hopefully not):

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
    window["slider_"+i] = function(){
        //some code
    }

    dojo.addOnLoad(window["slider_"+i]);
}

window["something"] is another way to access a global variable named something.

Answer 2

The right way to do so is to use an object or array. This should work:

var slider = {}; // object
// var slider = [] ; // array
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
    slider[i] = function() {
        // some code ...
    }
    dojo.addOnLoad(slider[i]);
}