Dynamically creating and naming collections

Hey,

Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
unknown number
of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
operate on them in a loop.

Thanks,

Paul.

On Mar 14, 6:46 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
> writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
> unknown number
> of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
> operate on them in a loop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.

Right off hand, it sounds like you want an XML DOM. But without more
information, it's hard to say. What, exactly, are you trying to do?
Can you provide a little more information?

On Mar 14, 5:46 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
> writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
> unknown number
> of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
> operate on them in a loop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul.

Paul,

What about using a Dictionary to store each individual collection?
The key in the Dictionary would be the name and the value would be the
actual collection.

Brian

On Mar 14, 2:51 pm, "Brian Gideon" <briangid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 5:46 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey,
>
> > Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
> > writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
> > unknown number
> > of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
> > operate on them in a loop.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Paul.
>
> Paul,
>
> What about using a Dictionary to store each individual collection?
> The key in the Dictionary would be the name and the value would be the
> actual collection.
>
> Brian

How do I create a new collection in the code? The answer is probably
simple.

Currently I am using:

Private Sub Form_Load
Dim Collection1 As Collection

Collection1 = New Collection

Collection1.Add (Class1, Key1)

End SubI would like to be able to create new collections when an event
is triggered. Is there some kind of CreateCollection method I can use?

On Mar 14, 9:25 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 2:51 pm, "Brian Gideon" <briangid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 14, 5:46 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hey,
>
> > > Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
> > > writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
> > > unknown number
> > > of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
> > > operate on them in a loop.
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Paul.
>
> > Paul,
>
> > What about using a Dictionary to store each individual collection?
> > The key in the Dictionary would be the name and the value would be the
> > actual collection.
>
> > Brian
>
> How do I create a new collection in the code? The answer is probably
> simple.
>
> Currently I am using:
>
> Private Sub Form_Load
> Dim Collection1 As Collection
>
> Collection1 = New Collection
>
> Collection1.Add (Class1, Key1)
>
> End SubI would like to be able to create new collections when an event
> is triggered. Is there some kind of CreateCollection method I can use?-

Hi,

The following example creates 10 new List collections and adds them to
a Dictionary. The List collections are keyed by a String
representation of the numbers 1 through 10.

Private m_Dictionary as New Dictionary(Of String, List(Of SomeObject))

Public Sub Foo()

For i as Integer = 0 To 10
m_Dictionary.Add(i.ToString(), New List(Of SomeObject))
Next

End Sub

Brian

On Mar 14, 3:42 pm, "Brian Gideon" <briangid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 9:25 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 14, 2:51 pm, "Brian Gideon" <briangid...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 14, 5:46 am, "paulb" <paulberming...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hey,
>
> > > > Does anyone know how to create and name collections dynamically? I am
> > > > writing some vb.net (VB2005) code which requires me to create an
> > > > unknown number
> > > > of collections and then add them to a master collection so I can
> > > > operate on them in a loop.
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > Paul.
>
> > > Paul,
>
> > > What about using a Dictionary to store each individual collection?
> > > The key in the Dictionary would be the name and the value would be the
> > > actual collection.
>
> > > Brian
>
> > How do I create a new collection in the code? The answer is probably
> > simple.
>
> > Currently I am using:
>
> > Private Sub Form_Load
> > Dim Collection1 As Collection
>
> > Collection1 = New Collection
>
> > Collection1.Add (Class1, Key1)
>
> > End SubI would like to be able to create new collections when an event
> > is triggered. Is there some kind of CreateCollection method I can use?-
>
> Hi,
>
> The following example creates 10 new List collections and adds them to
> a Dictionary. The List collections are keyed by a String
> representation of the numbers 1 through 10.
>
> Private m_Dictionary as New Dictionary(Of String, List(Of SomeObject))
>
> Public Sub Foo()
>
> For i as Integer = 0 To 10
> m_Dictionary.Add(i.ToString(), New List(Of SomeObject))
> Next
>
> End Sub
>
> Brian

This is what I was looking for.

Thanks,

Paul.