CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
Jeppe Christensen
Jeppe Christensen

Reputation: 1890

Search in list of strings by name of the string

I have the following list I'm populating as I go through my class: 

List<string> stringCollection = new List<string>();

I have a lot of static strings that I have declared before going to my class. These strings are added to my list based on a collection of conditional expressions, meaning that it varies what kind of strings that I put into my list e.g.: 

static string DescriptionText1 = "blabla", 
              DescriptionText2 = "blabla", 
              MagnitudeText1 = "blabla",  
              MagnitudeText2 = "blabla"; 

if(number < 2)
{
    stringcollection.Add(DescriptionText1)
}
else
{
    stringcollection.Add(DescriptionText2)
}

//Magnitude

if(magnitude > 128 && number < 256)
{
    stringcollection.Add(MagnitudeText1)
}
else
{
    stringcollection.Add(MagnitudeText2)
}
...

I then pass the list to my method in which I want to retrieve the strings like so: 

public void Collection(List<string> ts)
{
    string Description = ts.Find(DescriptionText); <--- my guess
    string Magnitude = ts.Find(MagnitudeText);
}

How do I find the correct strings in my list, and write it to my newly declared strings in my method? - Even though they are appended hence 1,2,3 ... 6,7

Upvotes: 1

Views: 60

Answers (1)

Sweeper
Sweeper

Reputation: 274470

Since you always put in Description first and then Magnitude, you can just do:

ts[0] // description
ts[1] // magnitude

Alternatively, consider writing a class that has the two properties:

// I don't know what these two things represent, please name it properly in your code!
class DescriptionMagnitude {
    public string Description { get; }
    public string Magnitude { get; }
    public DescriptionMagnitude(string description, string magnitude) {
        Description = description;
        Magnitude = magnitude;
    }
}

And then create an instance of this class and pass it around.

EDIT:

From your comment:

and then i would be able to search for my int variable?

It seems like you want to find the integer associated with the string. However, the 1 in DescriptionText1 is just part of an identifier. Why not just store the integer instead of the string?

Depending on what you are doing with the strings, an enum may be suitable:

enum Descriptions {
    Foo = 0,
    Bar = 1
    Fizz = 2
}

Upvotes: 3

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