How do I name variables dynamically in C#?

Question

Is there a way to dynamically name variables?

What I need to do is take a list of variable names from an input file and create variables with those names. Is this p

Answer 1

Variable names should be known at compile time. If you intend to populate those names dynamically at runtime you could use a List<T>.

 var variables = List<Variable>();
 variables.Add(new Variable { Name = input1 });
 variables.Add(new Variable { Name = input2 });
 ...

Answer 2

C# 4.0, using the dynamic objects:

dynamic d = new ExpandoObject();
((IDictionary<string, object>)d)["MyProperty"] =  5;
int val = d.MyProperty; // 5

Answer 3

No, but you could use a Dictionary<string, Variable>, and then you can refer to each variable by its quoted name.