Text type as Dictionary key

General
1

This works:

  Dim s As String = "StringValue"
  Dim d As New Dictionary
  d.Value(s) = "Dictionary Value"
  
  MsgBox(d.Value("StringValue"))

But this does not:

  Dim t As Text = "TextValue"
  Dim d As New Dictionary
  d.Value(t) = "Dictionary Value"
  
  MsgBox(d.Value("TextValue"))

I get KeyNotFoundException. Now my question is WHY and what’s the correct way for using Text variables with this example?

2

[code]Dim t As Text = “TextValue”
Dim d As New Dictionary
d.Value(t) = “Dictionary Value”

MsgBox(d.Value(“TextValue”)) <–– “TextValue” is a String, not a Text[/code]

So either prepend the code with

Using Xojo.Core

or do this conversion:

MsgBox(d.Value(CType("TextValue", Text)))
3

Always thought Text and String types are interchangeable. Oh well…

4

Text has an implicit conversion to String, but not the other way. That is why you have to use .toText for a string to be affected to a Text variable.