Hi Everyone, is there a better way - other than using evaluate(), to name a variable, with a dynamic portion?

<cfscript>
	myArray = ["myObj1", "myObj2", "myObj3"];

	myResultsArray = [];

	loop item="item" index="i" array=myArray {

		"myStruct#i#" = {};

		// run some function here for result Z. "item.someFunction()"
		z = "myVal_I_got_back";

		structInsert(evaluate("myStruct#i#"), "theZ", "#z#");
		structInsert(evaluate("myStruct#i#"), "someOtherStuff", "MoreStuff");

		arrayAppend(myResultsArray, evaluate("myStruct#i#"));
	}

	dump(myResultsArray);
</cfscript>

It works - but I would like to avoid

evaluate()

, if I can. Instead of

structInsert()

I tried

myStruct#i#.theZ =

myStruct#i#[thez] =

myStruct#i#["theZ"] =

myStruct#i#.[theZ] =

mystruct#i#.["theZ"] =

and also tried all of those again but quoting the start;

"myStruct#i#".theZ =

"myStruct#i#"[theZ] =

"mystruct#i#"...

And it kept complaining about using the "#" in the name portion... Thanks.

yes scope["mystruct" & i]

@Michael Schmidt or just direct assignment;

variables["myStruct" & i]["theZ"] = "#z#";

nonetheless - Thanks very much - for putting me straight!

just for cleanliness i would even avoid the "#z#" and just say z

You can also do this (which is handy if you have several dynamic parts to your key)

variables["myStruct#i#"]["theZ"] = z;

so one thing i do since most likely you are reusing that same string multiple times is I create a string first let's

myReference="myStruct" & i; // or myReference="myStruct#i#";

and then variables[myReference]["theZ"] = z

I keep forgetting that CFML has some Functional Programming support, like

.each()

Thanks!