can you set multiple values in a dictionary?

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#1

Always use dictionary’s however can you set more than one value to a value?

Something like this?

dim di as new dictionary

di.value(“one”).name = “john smith”
di.value(“one”).age= 24
di.value(“one”).country= “Australia”

Thanks
Damon

#2

No, but you can create a class with the properties you want, then assign instances of those to the Dictionary.

#3

Or, use a Dictionary within a Dictionary:

dim di as new dictionary
Dim innerdict As New Dictionary
innerdict .value("name").name = "john smith"
innerdict .value("age").age= 24
innerdict .value("country").country= "Australia"
di.Value("one") = innerdict

To get data out just reverse the process:

dim di as new dictionary
Dim innerdict As Dictionary = di.Lookup("one", Nil)
If innerdict <> Nil Then
    MsgBox(innerdict.Value("name")
End If
#4

Can’t edit. Should have been:

innerdict.value("name") = "john smith"
innerdict.value("age")= 24
innerdict.value("country")= "Australia"
#5

Interesting all.

this works fine for me : test has two property’s name and age

[code] dim c as new test
dim di as new Dictionary

c.name=“damon”
c.age=44
di.Value(“one”) = c

c= new test
c.name=“Kem”
c.age=34
di.Value(“two”) = c[/code]

if you don’t put c = new test then the last values appear in both “one” and “two”

Many thanks
Damon

#6