# Simple variable naming question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-variable-naming-question/244360>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 16, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-variable-naming-question/244360 "2007-11-16T19:07:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![psych](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/psych/32/2839_2.png) [@psych](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/psych)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-variable-naming-question/244360/1 "2007-11-16T19:07:17Z")

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Is it possible do dynamically create and assign variable names using as like this for example:

name1  
name2  
name3

I am think about something like this which of course doesn’t work:

```auto
for (var i:int=1; i<4; i++){
 var "name"+i.toString():String = new String();
}

```

?

thanks