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Hi,

   I will try to explain the differences between Dictionary, SortedDictionary, Hashtable and

at the same time,we will answer how to use a key string as an array index?

 

Namespace:  System.Collections.Generic

Dictionary(TKey, TValue) Class

SortedDictionary (TKey, TValue) Class

 

Namespace:  System.Collections

Hashtable

 

Code with explanation:

 

 

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Collections;

 

namespace genericTypes2

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

 

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            //System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary

 

            Dictionary<string, string> dictionaryNew = new Dictionary<string, string>();

            //Use Add() to assign value

            dictionaryNew.Add("company", "TRIODOR");

            dictionaryNew.Add("grup", "MD INFO");

            dictionaryNew.Add("latif", "ozturk");

            dictionaryNew.Add("recep", "guzel");

            dictionaryNew.Add("talha", "turan");

            dictionaryNew.Add("pinar", "alasli");

            dictionaryNew.Add("elif", "onder");

            //You can assign value like that as well

            dictionaryNew["volkan"] = "cakar";

            dictionaryNew["bugra"] = "postaci";

            dictionaryNew["Erkan"] = "BALABAN";

 

            listBox7.Items.Add("DICTIONARY <>");

            listBox7.Items.Add(" ");

 

            //to list dictionaryNew in the ListBox - use KeyValuePair

            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> obj in dictionaryNew)

            {

                listBox7.Items.Add(obj.Key + " " + obj.Value);

                //other way of getting value

                //listBox7.Items.Add(dictionaryNew["" + obj.Key + ""]);

            }

 

            //System.Collections.Generic.SortedDictionary

 

            SortedDictionary<string, string> dictionaryNewSorted = new SortedDictionary<string, string>();

            //Use Add() to assign value

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("company", "TRIODOR");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("grup", "MD INFO");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("latif", "ozturk");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("recep", "guzel");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("talha", "turan");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("pinar", "alasli");

            dictionaryNewSorted.Add("elif", "onder");

            //You can assign value like that as well

            dictionaryNewSorted["volkan"] = "cakar";

            dictionaryNewSorted["bugra"] = "postaci";

            dictionaryNewSorted["Erkan"] = "BALABAN";

 

            listBox8.Items.Add("SORTED DICTIONARY<>");

            listBox8.Items.Add(" ");

 

 

            //to list dictionaryNewSorted in the ListBox - use KeyValuePair

            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> obj in dictionaryNewSorted)

            {

                listBox8.Items.Add(obj.Key + " " + obj.Value);

            }

 

 

            //System.Collections.Hashtable

 

            Hashtable hashTableNew = new Hashtable();

            //Use Add() to assign value

            hashTableNew.Add("company", "TRIODOR");

            hashTableNew.Add("grup", "MD INFO");

            hashTableNew.Add("latif", "ozturk");

            hashTableNew.Add("recep", "guzel");

            hashTableNew.Add("talha", "turan");

            hashTableNew.Add("pinar", "alasli");

            hashTableNew.Add("elif", "onder");

            //You can assign value like that as well

            hashTableNew["volkan"] = "cakar";

            hashTableNew["bugra"] = "postaci";

            hashTableNew["Erkan"] = "BALABAN";

 

            listBox9.Items.Add("HASH TABLE<>");

            listBox9.Items.Add(" ");

           

            //to list hashTableNew in the ListBox - use DictionaryEntry

            foreach (DictionaryEntry obj in hashTableNew)

            {

                listBox9.Items.Add(obj.Key + " " + obj.Value);

            }

 

        }

    }

}

 

 

 

It is easy to see the differences between Dictionary, SortedDictionary, Hashtable in the picture above.

 

Dictionary -> uses FIFO

SortedDictionary -> sorting by array index

Hashtable -> sorting by hash algorithm

 

And also don’t forget that Dictionary is faster than others.

 

See you...

 

Tags: dictionary, sorteddictionary, hashtable, c#, system.collections