For loop to control multiple Fast leds without copy and paste

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I am currently getting into a couple of FastLED projects, one of which is the infamous disco table on instructables.com. I am using a slightly different set up than the one on the website and am therefore writing my own code for it. I am running into the issue of having to copy and paste tons of code because I cant figure out how to set different defined led strips within the same for statement. I am sure there is a way to do this but I'm just not sure how.

My code is as follows

for(int i=0; i<=2; i++){
leds1*.r = A;*
_ leds1*.g = Z;_
_ leds1.b = Y;
}*
FastLED.show();
delay(100);
The problem is this, I have 6 led strips that are all declared as "leds1", "leds2", "leds3", etc. etc. all the way too 6, each strip has 18 leds' The variables A, Z, Y, are randomly assigned integers with a maximum value of 255, to get random colors. I need 3 leds to turn on the same color per call, on each strip. This is due to the design.
Is it possible to replace the string "leds1" with a variable and then loop through those strings while reusing the AZY variables to keep the code short?_

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My code is as follows

Your code has italics in it?

Read the stickies at the top of the forum. Post you code, ALL of it, correctly.

Is it possible to replace the string "leds1"

leds1 is NOT a string. It is the name of a variable. At run time, variables do not have names. They have addresses.

You CAN have an array of objects, and iterate over the array. In order to show you how, you need to follow the rules (as stated above).

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Its cool, I can google array and figure it out from there. Thanks!