Hi

I have a list of value pairs as below;

Section Name Section Type
A1111 Z9999
B2222 Y8888
C3333 X7777

What is a good intuitive way to store this information in memory? I was
thinking a two-dimensional array of strings, is there a better way?

Thanks

Regards

On 25/12/2007 in message <#h#(E-Mail Removed)> John wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have a list of value pairs as below;
>
>Section Name Section Type
>A1111 Z9999
>B2222 Y8888
>C3333 X7777
>
>What is a good intuitive way to store this information in memory? I was
>thinking a two-dimensional array of strings, is there a better way?

Will you need to look up a value from a key? If so perhaps a hashtable?

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"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23h%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi
>
> I have a list of value pairs as below;
>
> Section Name Section Type
> A1111 Z9999
> B2222 Y8888
> C3333 X7777
>
> What is a good intuitive way to store this information in memory? I was
> thinking a two-dimensional array of strings, is there a better way?
>
> Thanks

Simplest way is with two parallel one-dimensional arrays.
Another way is as an array of structures.
I also liked Jeff's solution.
His question has merit - how will you be accessing the elements?

John,

For versions behind 2003

\\\
........................
Private Sub Routine()
Dim myPairs As New List(Of Pairs)
myPairs(0).First = "A1111"
myPairs(0).Second = " Z9999"
End Sub
End Class
Class Pairs
Private mFirst As String
Private mSecond As String
Public Property First() As String
Get
Return mFirst
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
mFirst = value
End Set
End Property
Public Property Second() As String
Get
Return mSecond
End Get
Set(ByVal value As String)
mSecond = value
End Set
End Property
End Class
///

Cor

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:#h#7AJ0RIHA.5524
@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> Hi
>
> I have a list of value pairs as below;
>
> Section Name Section Type
> A1111 Z9999
> B2222 Y8888
> C3333 X7777
>
> What is a good intuitive way to store this information in memory? I was
> thinking a two-dimensional array of strings, is there a better way?


Generic Dictionary or a hashtable.



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"Hal Rosser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:ishcj.30643
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> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23h%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a list of value pairs as below;
>>
>> Section Name Section Type
>> A1111 Z9999
>> B2222 Y8888
>> C3333 X7777
>>
>> What is a good intuitive way to store this information in memory? I
was
>> thinking a two-dimensional array of strings, is there a better way?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Simplest way is with two parallel one-dimensional arrays.

With hashtables and dictionary... it's a bit amateurish to use two
parallel arrays.

> Another way is as an array of structures.
> I also liked Jeff's solution.
> His question has merit - how will you be accessing the elements?

Hashtable("SectionName") = Type

A generic dictionary can store different data types too.

Or, you could create an array of custom objects which store SectionName
/ Section Type.


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