creating public variables

[blasturbator 10]

would this work to make 8 things that have numbered names i.e. name1, name2, name3, etc and have a public variable for each also named name1, name2, name3, etc?

for "_i" from 0 to 8 step 1 do {

   call compile format ["_name = 'name%1'", _i];

   obj createVehicle [the createVehicle stuff];
   obj setVehicleVarName _name;
   obj call compile format ["%1=_This ; PublicVariable '%1'",_name];
};

Also is there any way to retrieve the name of a unit? like getVehicleVarName or some magic.

edit: found the answer to second question, still wondering if first would work.

Edited April 14, 2014 by Blasturbator

[Johnson11B2P 3]

Use publicVariable command for your first question.

[blasturbator 10]

That... doesn't quite answer my question or show that you even read the script snippet.

[brians200 51]

I think you are taking the hard way

for "_i" from 1 to 8 step 1 do {

   call compile format["name%1 = 'classname' createvehicle stuff; publicVariable 'name%1';", _i];
}; 

Check for syntax errors, as I didn't get a chance to run it.

[blasturbator 10]

Yeah i got this working hours ago, but thanks for replying. The hard way was necessary because i also needed to give the vehicle a varName for use as string storage so i could delete and recreate it in a function with the same name and public variable by calling on the varName to define both. Was a pain to get going but it works now :)

[Larrow 2828]

This is an alternative option without having to call compile stuff

for "_i" from 0 to 8 step 1 do {
_name = format["name%1", _i];
_obj createVehicle [the createVehicle stuff];
_obj setVehicleVarName _name;
missionNamespace setVariable [_name, _obj, true];
};

The true in setVariable broadcasts the value without having to use PublicVariable.