Different way to access class variables?

Questions & Answers
1

I am trying to write a program that is a DnD Character generator.

I am having some issue with getting the feats to work the way I want them to though. Right now I have a Class array set up as the following

var feats: Feats[]; //stores Feats in an array

class Feats
{
	var name: String; //name of feat
	var desc: String; //description of feat
	static var nameV: String = name; //for the purpose of calling on the feat outside of the class 
	static var selected: boolean; //determines if feat is selected is or not
}

I have a feat called “Toughness” that when selected will give the player +3Hp at first level.

The question I have is; Is there a way to call on that particular feat name and selected variable without having to use the array element?

Something along the lines of:

if(Feats.Toughness.selected)
{
     startHP = 13 + modCON;
}
else
{
     startHP = 10 + modCON;
}

instead of

if(feats[#].selected)
{

}
else
{

}

The reason I would like to do it the first way instead of the second is for ease of referencing them without knowing the element number in the array

2

What about also having a class for the characters, and then including each feat manually?

class Character {
  var name: String; //name of character
  var toughness: Feat;
  var stamina: Feat;
  var awesomeness: Feat;
  var dentalHygiene: Feat;
}

Then, you’d access it through the character itself:

var myChar: Character;

if (myChar.toughness.selected) {
  startHP += 3;
}