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Bliss
Bliss

Reputation: 25

How to create multidimensional array with multitype?

I used to create this kind of arrays in PHP:

$myarray[0]["my_string_1"] = "Toto";
$myarray[0]["my_string_2"] = "Tata";
$myarray[0]["my_int_1"] = 25;
$myarray[0]["my_int_2"] = 28;
$myarray[1]["my_string_1"] = "Titi";
$myarray[1]["my_string_2"] = "Tutu";
$myarray[1]["my_int_1"] = 12;
$myarray[1]["my_int_2"] = 15;

My question is: Is it possible to do the same thing in C#?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 160

Answers (1)

ZivS
ZivS

Reputation: 2124

Not familiar with PHP but it looks like your array has a 'map' of string to string or int. This can be done in C# using a Dictionary and Dynamic:

var myarray = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, dynamic>>()
{
    {
        0, new Dictionary<string, dynamic>()
        {
            {"my_string_1", "Toto"},
            {"my_string_2", "Tata"},
            {"my_int_1", 25},
            {"my_int_2", 28},
        }
    },
    {
        1, new Dictionary<string, dynamic>()
        {
            {"my_string_1", "Titi"},
            {"my_string_2", "Tutu"},
            {"my_int_1", 12},
            {"my_int_2", 15},
        }
    }
};

See the documentation for more info on Dictionary and Dynamic.

Edit:

As others have suggested, you might be better off using:

var myarray = new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, object>>()

And instead of using a dictionary with an int as the key, an actual array could be used:

var myarray = new Dictionary<string, object>[2];
myarray[0] = new Dictionary<string, object>
{

    {"my_string_1", "Toto"},
    {"my_string_2", "Tata"},
    {"my_int_1", 25},
    {"my_int_2", 28},
};
myarray[1] = new Dictionary<string, object>
{

    {"my_string_1", "Titi"},
    {"my_string_2", "Tutu"},
    {"my_int_1", 12},
    {"my_int_2", 15},
};

Upvotes: 1

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