Variable with char[] name

Question

How can I make variable in C with name specified in char table?

something like:

char name[];
gets(name[]);
int name[] = 0;

I hope you k

Answer 1

You can't. At least not with the vanilla C language features. But remember, C has pointers which sometimes can do something similar.

If pointers aren't what you need, you will have to implement a hash map. Higher level programming languages have them built in, but C doesn't.

You could find a library, but if you are doing this for learning, I would recomend implimenting it yourself.