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PHP String Literal Array Key in C#

PHP allow us to use String Literal as an Array Key, which is very handy in some situation.

<?php
$happyArray = array(4 => 5, 9 => 12, "happyam" => 30);

echo $happyArray [4]; // 5
echo $happyArray[9]; // 12
echo $happyArray["happyam"]; // 30

?> 

We can perform similar operation using a HashTable in C#

Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();

ht.Add(4,5);
ht.Add(9,12);
ht.Add("happyam", 30);

document.write(ht[4]);  // 5
document.write(ht[9]);  // 12
document.write(ht["happyam"]);  // 30

You can also use Dictionary if your Keys had the same data type, which is more efficient.  For example:

using System.Collections.Generic; // Dictionary object is in System.Collections.Generic

Dictionary<string, int> dic = new Dictionary<string, int>();
dic.Add("Jacky", 30);
dic.Add("Minnie", 26);
dic.Add("Happyam", 35);
document.write(dic["Jacky"]);  // 30
document.write(dic["Minnie]);  // 26
document.write(dic["happyam"]);  // 35
							

																			
								

									
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