Access different variable names on the fly

[J Cod3r]

Hi all, Does someone know if it is possible to access a variable and change the name of the variable based on a condition. (This does not make much sense but let me explain it using the example below. I have two foreach loops, both doing the exact same thing. But it is accessing different variables. I would prefer it if i were to have one foreach loop and access the different variable based on the string that was passed to the function. Thus having something like (string.Concat(context,"ReadOnlyProperties"))

private void CustomizeEditor(string context)
{
   DetailView detailViewCore = (DetailView)View;
   Object obj = detailViewCore.CurrentObject;
   if (context == "live")
   {
      foreach (string liveTargetPropertyName in liveReadOnlyProperties.Keys)
      {
         CriteriaOperator criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(liveReadOnlyProperties[liveTargetPropertyName]);
         UpdateProperty(detailViewCore, obj, liveTargetPropertyName, criteria);
      }
   }
   else
   {
      foreach (string saveTargetPropertyName in saveReadOnlyProperties.Keys)
      {
         CriteriaOperator criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(saveReadOnlyProperties[saveTargetPropertyName]);
         UpdateProperty(detailViewCore, obj, saveTargetPropertyName, criteria);
      }
   }
}

Thanks

[Eduard Keilholz]

You can make a method which contains the loop, and call the method twice passing the variable to loop through..

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[N a v a n e e t h]

private void CustomizeEditor(string context)
{
DetailView detailViewCore = (DetailView)View;
Object obj = detailViewCore.CurrentObject;
string parse, propertyName; // I am just assuming this is string. Change to your datatype
if (context == "live"){
parse = liveReadOnlyProperties[liveTargetPropertyName];
propertyName = liveTargetPropertyName;
keys = liveReadOnlyProperties.Keys;
}
else{
parse = saveReadOnlyProperties[saveTargetPropertyName];
propertyName = saveTargetPropertyName;
keys = saveReadOnlyProperties.Keys;
}

foreach (string propertyName in keys)
{
CriteriaOperator criteria = CriteriaOperator.Parse(parse);
UpdateProperty(detailViewCore, obj, propertyName , criteria);
}
}

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Why not simply pass in the appropriate collection?