Multi-dimensional arraylist or list in C#?
You can create a list of lists
public class MultiDimList: List<List<string>> { }
or a Dictionary of key-accessible Lists
public class MultiDimDictList: Dictionary<string, List<int>> { }
MultiDimDictList myDicList = new MultiDimDictList ();
myDicList.Add("ages", new List<int>());
myDicList.Add("Salaries", new List<int>());
myDicList.Add("AccountIds", new List<int>());
Generic versions, to implement suggestion in comment from @user420667
public class MultiDimList<T>: List<List<T>> { }
and for the dictionary,
public class MultiDimDictList<K, T>: Dictionary<K, List<T>> { }
// to use it, in client code
var myDicList = new MultiDimDictList<string, int> ();
myDicList.Add("ages", new List<T>());
myDicList["ages"].Add(23);
myDicList["ages"].Add(32);
myDicList["ages"].Add(18);
myDicList.Add("salaries", new List<T>());
myDicList["salaries"].Add(80000);
myDicList["salaries"].Add(100000);
myDicList.Add("accountIds", new List<T>());
myDicList["accountIds"].Add(321123);
myDicList["accountIds"].Add(342653);
or, even better, ...
public class MultiDimDictList<K, T>: Dictionary<K, List<T>>
{
public void Add(K key, T addObject)
{
if(!ContainsKey(key)) Add(key, new List<T>());
if (!base[key].Contains(addObject)) base[key].Add(addObject);
}
}
// and to use it, in client code
var myDicList = new MultiDimDictList<string, int> ();
myDicList.Add("ages", 23);
myDicList.Add("ages", 32);
myDicList.Add("ages", 18);
myDicList.Add("salaries", 80000);
myDicList.Add("salaries", 110000);
myDicList.Add("accountIds", 321123);
myDicList.Add("accountIds", 342653);
EDIT: to include an Add() method for nested instance:
public class NestedMultiDimDictList<K, K2, T>:
MultiDimDictList<K, MultiDimDictList<K2, T>>:
{
public void Add(K key, K2 key2, T addObject)
{
if(!ContainsKey(key)) Add(key,
new MultiDimDictList<K2, T>());
if (!base[key].Contains(key2))
base[key].Add(key2, addObject);
}
}
Not exactly. But you can create a list of lists:
var ll = new List<List<int>>();
for(int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
var l = new List<int>();
ll.Add(l);
}
you just make a list of lists like so:
List<List<string>> results = new List<List<string>>();
and then it's just a matter of using the functionality you want
results.Add(new List<string>()); //adds a new list to your list of lists
results[0].Add("this is a string"); //adds a string to the first list
results[0][0]; //gets the first string in your first list