Hashtable Key Limit

[MFRASER]

Is there a limit to the size of a key for a Hashtable. I am adding items to
a hashtable using a string for the key and it seems that when my key is 16
characters long the indexer does not work properly. If I truncate the key
to be 12 characters the indexer works.

Also is there a better way to build a key for a string, should I convert the
string to a numeric value then add it?

and if so how do I go about converting a string to a numeric value.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

MFRASER <mf*****@henwoodenergy.com> wrote:

Is there a limit to the size of a key for a Hashtable. I am adding items to
a hashtable using a string for the key and it seems that when my key is 16
characters long the indexer does not work properly. If I truncate the key
to be 12 characters the indexer works.

Could you post a short but complete program which demonstrates the
problem?

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/complete.html for details of
what I mean by that.

There should be no problem using strings of any length.

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[William Stacey [MVP]]

see c# ng for answers.

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Is there a limit to the size of a key for a Hashtable. I am adding items to a hashtable using a string for the key and it seems that when my key is 16
characters long the indexer does not work properly. If I truncate the key
to be 12 characters the indexer works.

Also is there a better way to build a key for a string, should I convert the string to a numeric value then add it?

and if so how do I go about converting a string to a numeric value.