Multidimensional Arrays

Unity Engine
1

I want to put values of my camera in c# as is done in php:

$camData = array( “camera1” => array(“isEnabled” => false, “camName” => “Yard”, “defaultZoom” => 50),
“camera2” => array(“isEnabled” => true, “camName” => “Pitch”, “defaultZoom” => 35) );

In php I can retrieve data:

$isEnabled = $camData[“camera1”][“isEnabled”];

In c#, currently I want to do this:

Hashtable cameras = new Hashtable();
Hashtable camData = new Hashtable();

camData.Add(“isEnabled”,true);
camData.Add(“camName”,“Yard”);

cameras.Add(“camera1”,camData);

And retrieve it like this:

string camName = (string)cameras[“camera1”][“camName”];

But it doesnt let me do that. I have to make it really complicated:

Hashtable camera = (Hashtable)cameras[“camera1”];

string camName = (string)camera[“camName”];

Which works but is really messy. Is there a way to program this faster and more efficiently?

2

Why not just make an object?

In your object C# file

In your other C# file:

Then to access that camera all you have to do is call “aCam”.

3

Then you can store all your camera objects in an array (or list<>). Easier to handle.

private List sceneCams = new List();

4

And if, for some reason, you absolutely must have your data stored in such a fashion, use a Dictionary instead.

Dictionary<string, object> ungodlyWayToStoreObjectData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
ungodlyWayToStoreObjectData.add("isSet", true);
bool _isSet = (bool)ungodlyWayToStoreObjectData["isSet"];

And, you can then either put the Dictionaries into a list, or into another dictionary…

Note, if it wasn’t clear, I wholeheartedly recommend using a class instead as Lamont has stated.