Indexers with c#

Question

hello i want to create bool array and call each element in the array by kind of string, its mean that my array look like this: arr["a"] = true; arr["b"] = false; arr["c"] =true; and etc. how can i do this? whether its possible? thanks koby

sailorfoley · Answer

you could inherit the array class and write your own indexers if you wanted. e.g. public this return type [string x] { get { } set { } } an idea??

shipwreck · Answer

If you want to address the element by a String value then don't use an array use a Hashtable. Example: Hashtable myTable = new Hashtable(); myTable.Add(a true) myTable.Add(b false) myTable.Add(c true) So on and so forth.... Then access them by there key (a b c.....) if ((bool)myTable[a]) { //some code... } The Hastable allows you to store object and reference them by their key value which is also an object. Enjoy Fred Jones Director of R & D Macdonald Consulting Group Inc.