Question

Thanks for reading my question. I apologize if this seems like an easily searchable question, but searching for anything with variable, object, and java turns up anything and everything.

Here is what I would like to do:

BankCheck = check(variable int here) = BankCheck(params here);

So that I can create check1000, then check1001, check1002 and so on.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

EDIT:

Here is what I used:

ArrayList<Check> check = new ArrayList<Check>();

And the this to add each new object to the array.

check.add(checkNum, new Check(details, amount));

Answer 1

Not, that’s not possible but you have two options

1.- Create and array to hold a variable number of checks:

BankCheck[] checks = new BankCheck[100];

That will let you store 100 checks. You can also use a list:

List<BankCheck> checks = new ArrayList<BankCheck>();

Which works almost the same, except you don’t have a fixed number of checks.

2.- The other option is to create an small program to create this for you and then you just copy paste the output:

...
public static void main( String ... args ) {
     for( int i = 0 ; i < 100 ; i++ ) {
         System.out.printf("BackCheck check%d = new BankCheck();%n");
     }
}

But unless you’re trying to do something really advanced ( or stupid ) you really will use option #1 most of the times.

I hope this helps