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skneife@gmail.com - 27 Apr 2008 23:42 GMT

I need to access to a dictionary by its index like a string array.
Dictionary<string, string> tdmDx1 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
for (int item = 0; item < tdmDx1.Count; item++) {

.... how access item by its index ???

}

Sam

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Paul E Collins - 28 Apr 2008 00:09 GMT

> I need to access to a dictionary by its index like a string array.
> Dictionary<string, string> tdmDx1 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
> for (int item = 0; item < tdmDx1.Count; item++) {
> .... how access item by its index ???

foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> kv in tdmDx1)

Eq.

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Brian Gideon - 28 Apr 2008 00:43 GMT

On Apr 27, 5:42 pm, skne...@gmail.com wrote:

> I need to access to a dictionary by its index like a string array.
> Dictionary<string, string> tdmDx1 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
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>
> Sam

You can't because the Dictionary class is implemented with a hashtable
so the index doesn't make much sense. Let me ask you this...what
would you want the index value of 0 to mean? That might help us
determine what kind of collection best fits your needs.

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Tantr Mantr - 28 Apr 2008 10:05 GMT

Sam, Not sure why you need to loop thru a dictionary using index, but have
you had a look at wintellect's power collections
(http://www.wintellect.com/PowerCollections.aspx). The OrderedDictionary
might be what you are looking for.

Cheers!

> I need to access to a dictionary by its index like a string array.
> Dictionary<string, string> tdmDx1 = new Dictionary<string, string>();
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Sam

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