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user642378
user642378

Reputation: 167

Hastable in C#: Using the same key multiple times

I fetch multiple records with the same id and I want to store them in a Hashtable in C#. I'm using the id as the key in the Hashtable, and the value is the object itself. It throws an exception because the same key is added again. Is there a way to fix this problem?

This is my code:

Hashtable localItemsIndex = new Hashtable();            
foreach (TzThing thing in localThingz)
         localItemsIndex.Add(thing.Id, thing);

Thanks in advance jennie

Upvotes: 4

Views: 8661

Answers (4)

Anuraj
Anuraj

Reputation: 19608

You cannot use HashTable for this. It only accepts unique keys. Otherwise you need to use List<T> with KeyValuePair<key,value> class.

Upvotes: 0

Stecya
Stecya

Reputation: 23276

Maybe you should use Dictionary<Id,List<TzThing>> to store multiple values for one key

public void Add(YourIdType key,TzThing thing )
{
   if(dictionary.ContainsKey(key))
   {
      dictionary[key].Add(thing);
   }
   else
   {
      dictionary.Add(key,new List<TzThing> {thing});
   }
}

Upvotes: 7

grizzly
grizzly

Reputation: 1156

The hashtable key must be unique: you can't add the same key twice into it. You may use List or HashSet where T is the key-value pair of your class (or use the .net KeyValuePair class) or the Dictionary class where V the list or set but you'll still need to manage the duplicate key insertion manually.

Upvotes: 1

d-live
d-live

Reputation: 8036

If you have many things to go with the same key, put your things in a List.

Upvotes: 0

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