Karl,
Thanks very much for the quick response... I'm just working with Strings so
the latter should be great!
Much obliged,
-Joe
"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
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> You want a system.collection.hashtable
>
> or a system.collection.specialized.namevaluecollection
>
> the latter being used when the key and value are strings, the former for
> any type of object..
>
> Karl
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> "Joe Rigley" <jcrigley@spartanmotors.com> wrote in message
> news:eOGn%23mAfFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> I'm an ASP .Net newbie and need some help. Does ASP .NET support what I
>> consider a "structure" or an "associative array"?
>>
>> I'm look for a data type that will hold a key name and a value such as
>> this pseudo code below:
>>
>> Dim EmployeeInfoas (Structure or Associative Array?? What data type
>> here???)
>>
>> 'Add key and value:
>> Employee.Add(<key>, <value>)
>> Employee.Add("FullName","John Smith")
>> Employee.Add("Phone","555-5555")
>>
>> 'And then be referenced in this type of manner:
>> response.write("Employee Name: " & Employee("FullName") & "<BR>")
>> response.write("Phone: " & Employee("Phone"))
>> 'Or maybe there's a "Get" method or something... like
>> Employee.Get("Phone")
>>
>> and the web page would write out:
>>
>> Employee Name: John Smith
>> Phone: 555-5555
>>
>> The point is I'd like to use a string value to identify an index in an
>> array, not an integer. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
>> Is this even possible? Please advise.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Joe
>>
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Associative Array 
