variable declaration

[elm101]

so i have a string and i want to name a different variable with
that string
ex:

String str = "name";
int *;// the star would be name, but i want to do be able to do this if i don't know what the string variables value is

any thoughts?

[Iron Lion]

Identifiers don't exist at runtime, so you can't manipulate them with your code. Try using a HashMap instead.

HashMap<String, Integer> hm = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
hm.put("foo", 7);
hm.put("bar", -8886);
System.out.println(hm.get("foo")); // prints 7