Order of Items in a collection object

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Sugandh Jain

Hi,

I am developing using MS Visual Studio .net 2005, c# 2.0.

My query/confusion is as follows:

If I have a collection of a particular type of object.

While moving in the collection using foreach or forloop, will I get the
taxlots in the same order in which they were inserted into the collection.

I want to get them in the same order to update a property which depends on
the sequence in which items were added in the collection.

Regards,
Sugandh
 
Hello Sugandh,

Do u need smth like HashList?! http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/hashlistarticle.asp

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SJ> confusion is as follows:
SJ>
SJ> If I have a collection of a particular type of object.
SJ>
SJ> While moving in the collection using foreach or forloop, will I get
SJ> the taxlots in the same order in which they were inserted into the
SJ> collection.
SJ>
 
Hi,

I am developing using MS Visual Studio .net 2005, c# 2.0.

My query/confusion is as follows:

If I have a collection of a particular type of object.

While moving in the collection using foreach or forloop, will I get the
taxlots in the same order in which they were inserted into the collection.

I want to get them in the same order to update a property which depends on
the sequence in which items were added in the collection.

Regards,
Sugandh
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Dear Sugandh,

It depends on the type of the collection you choose.

Arrays typically maintain insertion order while Hash tables don't.

I would suggest to use the generic List which maintains the index of
the items.

Hope this helps,
Moty
 
I did check whether its maintained or not.
it is actually maintained and i have written the code required.
it is actually a list specific to the Type.

Regards,
Sugandh
 
Hi,

Sugandh Jain said:
I did check whether its maintained or not.
it is actually maintained and i have written the code required.
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Unless it's especified in the docs do not assume that. It might change later
on.
 
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