An array or list of hashtables C#

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1

Heya!

Is there any way of creating a list or an array of hashtables?

What I have is a script that sends a query to a server and receives data back. Right now I’m storing the data in Lists after extracting them from the returned values.
There would be a list for:

Names
Icons
Description

And I would say something like:

 int index;
 for (index = 0; index < myListOfNames.Count; index++){
 print("My name is " + myListOfNames[index] + " and " + myListOfDescriptions[index]);
 }

Since I stored them in numerical order, index 0 of names would match index 0 of description. Same with all other index. index 7 of names would correspond to index 7 of icons etc

However I want to be able to create them in a way that allows me to order them alphabetically or display only the ones with a particular name etc

I’m not sure if hashtables would be practical or not. I’d appreciate any insight on the matter.

Thanks heaps!!

3

create a class like this,

[System.Serializable]
Class  Foo
{
  String name;
  Texture2D icon;
  String description;
}

and create a list
include this bfore that.

using System.Collections.Generic;

and in the code,

List<Foo> _fooList = new List<Foo>();

for(int i=0;i<_fooList.count;i++)
{
  print("My name is " + _fooList<em>.name + " and " + _fooList*.description);*</em>

}
I am serializing the class so that it would be visible in the editor too, so that it would be easy to add value frm scene or to debug.

2

[System.Serializable]
public class TestDef
{
public string name;
public Texture2D icon;
public string description;
}

public class MyMain
{
   public TestDef[] tests;

   private Hashtable testsList;

   void Start()
   {
      testsList = new Hashtable();
      foreach(TestDef test in TestDef)
      {
         testsList.Add(test.name, test);
      }
   }

   void SortList()
   {
      // Do you sort algorithm on 'tests'

      // Now you can iterate through 'tests' for sorted list
   }

   // Example for fetching by name using the Hahstable
   TestDef GetData(string byName)
   {
      if ( testsList.ContainsKey(byName) )
         return testsList[byName];

      return null;
   }
}