Variable name from a string

[Tim Porritt]

Hi i'm not sure if this is possible or not, but i want to get a variable name from a string.
My code so far is as follows:

String[] alphabet = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E"};
	
	private int keycode(String i)
	{
		for(int a = 0; a < alphabet.length; a++)
		{
			if(i.equals(alphabet[a]))
			{
				String vk = "KeyEvent.VK_" + alphabet[a];
				return vk;
			}
		}
    }

I'll add the rest of the alphabet later.

Thanks in advance for any help given.

[fred rosenberger]

closing duplicate post