CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Scotty
Scotty

Reputation: 485

Constructor for a Dictionary inside a Dictionary

I am declaring a Dictionary inside a Dictionary like:

var something = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Object>>();

I want to be able to access both the outer dictionary as well as the inner dictionary with an IgnoreCase StringComparer. 

var something = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Object>>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

As I am only calling the constructor of the outer dictionary, how can I set the StringComparer of the inner dictionary? If I can't call it's constructor, I can see that there is a property Comparer but I'm not sure how I can get access to the inner dictionary object instead of just a Key or Value.

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Phuong Nguyen
Phuong Nguyen

Reputation: 3070

When you declare:

var something = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, Object>>();

It has not created any inner dictionary yet. You will initialize inner dictionary when you add data to it, e.g.

if(!something.ContainsKey("somekey"))
{
    something["somekey"] = new Dictionary<string, Object>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
}

Upvotes: 3

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