I see how this differs from my two initial attempts. Thank you very much
Søren. This will work well.
I'll visit this link and read more this morning.
Jim
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 3:01 AM Søren Berg Glasius <soe...@glasius.dk>
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> It is possible:
>
> languages = ['english', 'french', 'spanish']
> englishCharsList = ['a','b']
> frenchCharsList = ['c','d']
> spanishCharsList = ['e','f']
>
> languages.each { lang ->
> this."${lang}CharsList".each { ch ->
> println "$lang -> $ch"
> }
> }
>
> Check it out here:
> https://gwc-experiment.appspot.com/?g=groovy_3_0&codez=eJxVjkEKwyAQRfeeYhDBTZobtJtue4PShbVGBRmCY1fBu2e0ppBZDMN__38mGfRf4x3BFZ7aoU-Rgp5AL9mh7RetBpv4EgPfg8n0iFR6xuhJvxn-AmdmmX2YjYozdAwXhiIdP8zO2AAbNAEuNwE8JUSapdqaVv8F8rDyGsY2a45YEoJUowKUDbLjKqrYAZXRSNo
>
>
> Best regards,
> Søren Berg Glasius
>
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> Den tor. 23. feb. 2023 kl. 01.52 skrev James McMahon <jsmcmah...@gmail.com
> >:
>
>> Good evening. I have a list named languageCharactersList. I begin my
>> iteration through elements in that list with this:
>>
>> languageCharactersList.eachWithIndex( it, i ->
>>
>> I hope to make this more generic, so that I can build a variable name
>> that points to the appropriate list, which then allows me to keep my
>> iteration loop generic.
>>
>> I'd like to do this:
>> def languages = ['english', 'french', 'spanish']
>> def englishCharsList = [....]
>> def frenchCharsList = [.....]
>> def spanishCharsList = [....]
>>
>> I'll set up an iterator to grab each of the languages. Within that
>> iterative loop I will set a general variable like so:
>> def CharsList = "english"+"CharsList" (then "french", then
>> "spanish",.....)
>>
>> I was hoping I could then set up the generic iterator like so:
>> *"$CharsList"*.eachWithIndex{ it, i ->
>> or like so
>> *$CharsList*.eachWithIndex{ it, i ->
>>
>> But Groovy doesn't allow this approach, and throws a stack trace.
>>
>> How can we employ a variable assignment in that list iterator statement
>> so it can be generalized?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Jim
>>
>>
