hashtable

[Ilann]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a new Hashtable and use it:

System.Collections.Hashtable hash_directory;

hash_directory.Item("blabla");

and here is the error message I get:

'System.Collections.Hashtable' does not contain a definition for 'Item'

any idea??

Thanks

Ilann

[ShaneB]

See the online help under "HashTable.Item" and there is a note that says:
"In C#, this property is the indexer for the Hashtable class."

so use the indexer version:
hash_directory["blabla"]

ShaneB

"Ilann" <il***@free.fr> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm trying to create a new Hashtable and use it:

System.Collections.Hashtable hash_directory;

hash_directory.Item("blabla");

and here is the error message I get:

'System.Collections.Hashtable' does not contain a definition for 'Item'

any idea??

Thanks

Ilann

[Chris R. Timmons]

"Ilann" <il***@free.fr> wrote in
news:ef**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:

Hi,

I'm trying to create a new Hashtable and use it:

System.Collections.Hashtable hash_directory;

hash_directory.Item("blabla");

and here is the error message I get:

'System.Collections.Hashtable' does not contain a definition for
'Item'

any idea??

Thanks

Ilann

Ilann,

You must first create an instance of the hashtable before it can be
used:

Hashtable hash_directory = new Hashtable();

Please see the help file entry for System.Collections.Hashtable for
some example code.

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Hope this helps.

Chris.
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http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/

[Maqsood Ahmed]

and Hashtable is a class that implements IDictionary interface, so there
should a Key/Value pair in Hashtable.
for example: hash["blahKey"] = "blahValue";

Maqsood Ahmed
Kolachi Advanced Technologies
http://www.kolachi.net

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Chris R. Timmons <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote:

I'm trying to create a new Hashtable and use it:

System.Collections.Hashtable hash_directory;

hash_directory.Item("blabla");

and here is the error message I get:

'System.Collections.Hashtable' does not contain a definition for
'Item'

any idea??

You must first create an instance of the hashtable before it can be
used:

Hashtable hash_directory = new Hashtable();

While that's true, it's not the reason for the error message. The error
message is because C# doesn't use named properties like that; it uses
the "default" property for a class as an indexer:

object o = hash_directory["blabla"];

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[Chris R. Timmons]

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om:

Chris R. Timmons <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to create a new Hashtable and use it:
>
> System.Collections.Hashtable hash_directory;
>
> hash_directory.Item("blabla");
>
> and here is the error message I get:
>
> 'System.Collections.Hashtable' does not contain a definition
> for 'Item'
>
> any idea??

You must first create an instance of the hashtable before it
can be used:

Hashtable hash_directory = new Hashtable();

While that's true, it's not the reason for the error message.
The error message is because C# doesn't use named properties
like that; it uses the "default" property for a class as an
indexer:

object o = hash_directory["blabla"];

Jon,

Yeah, I know. Rather than re-type what's already readily available
in the help file, I decided to just direct him there.

Chris.
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C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/