Sebastian,
Of course you can do PHP or Perl associative arrays
or "hashes" (string indexed arrays) in C++!
One uses the Standard Template Library <map> template
for that. STL <map> lets you construct a container in
which one type of thing is associated with another.
BTW, It might be a good idea to learn C++ templates and STL,
folks.
The SDK source code uses C++ templates to power the macro
LINK_ENTITY_TO_CLASS(mapClassName,DLLClassName)
[util.h lines 84-94]. This macro invokes the templated function
GetClassPtr( <some_class> ) which acts as a sort of
universal constructor!
At 08:05 AM 05/07/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Message: 6
>From: "Sebastian Steinlechner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Re[2]: [hlcoders] string to #define
>Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 13:56:16 +0200
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Actually, I guess he's trying to do something different, perhaps inspired
>from PHP or Perl. In these languages, you can do something like this:
>$foo = "What a nice test!";
>$a = "foo";
>
>echo $$a;
>
>Which then prints out "What a nice test!". Another example of what is
>possible in PHP:
>$test['foo'] = "bar";
>
>echo $test['foo'];
>
>But: this can only be done in scripting languages. Internally, the PHP
>interpreter will have to do much the same things you have already posted
>(setting up a hash-table, doing strcmps etc).
>
>Hope that helps (well, it does not help at all actually, it simply says it's
>not possible in C/C++).
>
>TheTinySteini
Michael A. Hobson
Web Programmer
IBRC, Inc.
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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