Re: converting program variables to arrays
Shirley Cohen <shirley.cohen@gmail.com> writes:
I'm trying to take an existing application and add some custom
labels to the program variables. Specifically, I want to change
every scalar variable to an array type such that I can store
the value of the variable at index 0 of the array and store
some label at index 1 of the array. Rather than manually change
every variable one line at a time, can anyone suggest a more
efficient way of doing this?
This makes no sense, because in Java, according to the JLS3,
the components of an array also are called ?variables?. So, if
every variable should become an array this would apply to
array components, too. But array components can not be arrays.
(And even, if you would make them into reference variable
referencing arrays, this would become and endless process.)
Also, in the JLS3, there are no terms ?program variable? or
?scalar variable?, so it is not easy to guess what these terms
should refer to.
So, if you are in a hurry, and have no time to learn Java
yourself, the most efficient way, would be to do something you
are good in and then take the money earned with this to hire a
developer. Then, tell him what you actually want to achieve
(not /how/ you think it might be done in Java).