Associative Array

[Joe Rigley]

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: [phone]

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

[Karl Seguin]

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" <jc******@spartanmotors.com> wrote in message
news:eO****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

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: [phone]

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

[Joe Rigley]

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>
wrote in message news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

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

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Joe Rigley" <jc******@spartanmotors.com> wrote in message
news:eO****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...

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: [phone]

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