C# String to variable name

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Hi I am trying to set this RichTextBox variable name from TextBox to string name is this possible?

public void AddTab(string name)
    {
        TabPage NewPage = new TabPage(name);
        RichTextBox TextBox = new RichTextBox();
        TextBox.GetType().GetProperty("Name").SetValue(TextBox, name,null);
        this.tabControl1.TabPages.Add(NewPage);
        NewPage.Controls.Add(TextBox);
        TextBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        TextBox.Name = name;
        TextBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(790, 460);
        TextBox.TabIndex = 0;
        TextBox.Text = "";

    }

Whoever upvoted this question please add explanation of what is OP wants. — Alexei Levenkov, Jun 28 '14 at 03:05
If this is WPF you could store it in the Resources dictionary: Resources[name] = new RichTextBox(); — Austin Mullins, Jun 28 '14 at 03:11
@GrantWinney I am doing a Windows Form Application so it will be added to the form I didn't add all code tho — ProofTheEngi, Jun 28 '14 at 03:11

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '14 at 03:08

I don't think this is possible with local variables, but it's possible in member variables of an object using reflection. If you go that route, there are lots of articles in the MSDN knowledge base about setting properties with reflection.

However, reflection is expensive to do, so there might be better ways to implement your design. One possibility that springs to mind is to use a Dictionary with String keys.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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read this

you can if you do like this using Dictionary :

Use aDictionary<string, Variable>.

var vartable = new Dictionary<string, Variable>();
vartable[strLine] = new Variable(input);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '14 at 03:13

I believe RichTextBox has a Tag property, you could set that, and check it later. Again it really depends what you want to do with that name. The other issue is how would ever use that variable in a statically compiled language? It maybe be possible to use it through reflection but again I ask, why?

C# String to variable name

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