copy Hashtable values to another Hashtable?

[M]

I am trying to copy the values of one hashtable to another.

I ran into a read only error when using the IDictionaryEnumerator.

while (myHashEnumerator.MoveNext()){
while (fsHashEnumerator.MoveNext()){
if (myHashEnumerator.Key == fsHashEnumerator.Key)
{
myHashEnumerator.Value = fsHashEnumerator.Value;
}
}
}
I have read somewhere on this group that the above doesn't work because
I am retrieving dictionary entries, not the actual key/value pairs.

Any help is appreciated.

[Girish Bharadwaj]

M wrote:

I am trying to copy the values of one hashtable to another.

I ran into a read only error when using the IDictionaryEnumerator.

while (myHashEnumerator.MoveNext()){
while (fsHashEnumerator.MoveNext()){
if (myHashEnumerator.Key == fsHashEnumerator.Key)
{
myHashEnumerator.Value = fsHashEnumerator.Value;
}
}
}
I have read somewhere on this group that the above doesn't work because
I am retrieving dictionary entries, not the actual key/value pairs.

Any help is appreciated.

If you want a shallow copy, you can just use Clone() method on the
Hashtable. If not, you will need to iterate through the keys and
construct new objects out of the other ones.

--
Girish Bharadwaj

[M]

Thank you...but...I need a deep copy, and I am struggling with the syntax.

Any help is definitely appreciated..perhaps an example...

Cheers!

Girish Bharadwaj wrote:

If you want a shallow copy, you can just use Clone() method on the
Hashtable. If not, you will need to iterate through the keys and
construct new objects out of the other ones.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

M <mi******@hotmail.com> wrote:

Thank you...but...I need a deep copy, and I am struggling with the syntax.

Any help is definitely appreciated..perhaps an example...

Something like:

foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in hashtable)
{
object key = entry.Key;
object value = entry.Value;

// Now do something with that entry
}

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