Question

I have implemented a simple linked list class and I would now like to use it in a loop. I am wondering how to best assign names to the list in each iteration of the loop.

Essentially I am looping over some integers, and I would like to just give each list the name of that integer, but I cannot say

List i = new List();

right ?

There probably is an easy way to do this, but I m not sure how, and would be grateful for

Answer 1

I think you’re confusing the role of variables with the role of collections. From your question I gather that you want to create a list for each index in your loop, and you would like to later be able to access that list by its index:

ArrayList<LinkedList<String>> listOfLists = new ArrayList<LinkedList<String>>();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList();
    listOfLists.add(list);
    // do stuff to the list...
}
// access
LinkedList<String> thirdList = listOfLists.get(2); // index 2 = third entry

So you see, the LinkedLists are not named according to the value of i, but you can still access them by a given value of i.