C# How to create string type index in jagged array

Question

I have php code as below

   $array[$x] = array();
   $array[$x]["no"] = $no;
   $array[$x]["cid"] = $cid;
   $array[$x]["wait"] = $wait;
   $array[$x]["prio"] = $prio;
   $array[$x]["debug"] = $command[$i];

x++;

Question: I want to have similar code like above in C#, all is well but at the jagged array step, I am confused how to do same like this in C#, Can anyone help me out in this regard? Thats is index of an array is string value.

We don't know what your PHP is meant to do, which makes it very hard for anyone who doesn't know *both* PHP and C# to help you. — Jon Skeet, Jun 02 '13 at 11:59
I believe PHP arrays are just hash tables, so it looks like you want a `Dictionary>` instead of an array in C#. — Lee, Jun 02 '13 at 12:06

AdrianHHH · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-02T15:48:59.917

One way of achieving a jagged array is a dictionary. Something based on the code below may get you started.

Dictionary<string, string>[] array;

void MyMethod(int[] ckeys, int gotovalue, string[] command)
{
    int x = 0;
    for(int ii = (ckeys[0] + 1); ii < gotovalue; ii++)
    {
        string no = preg_replace(" .*", "", command[ii]); 
        string temp = preg_replace("^[0-9]*. ", "", command[ii]); 
        string cid = preg_replace(" (.*", "", temp); 
        temp = preg_replace(".* (wait: ", "", command[ii]); 
        string wait = preg_replace(",.*", "", temp); 
        temp = preg_replace(".*, prio: ", "", command[ii]); 
        string prio = preg_replace(").*", "", temp);

        array[x] = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        array[x]["no"] = no;
        array[x]["cid"] = cid;
        array[x]["wait"] = wait;
        array[x]["prio"] = prio;
        array[x]["debug"] = command[ii];

        x++;
    }
}

string preg_replace(string aa, string bb, string cc)
{
    return aa + bb + cc;
}

Edit:

I took the code in the initial version of the question and tried to convert it into C#, assuming that all the unspecified types were strings. The called routine preg_replace was not specified, but it appeared to take three strings and return one.

The original question has the line $x = 0; which appears to define $x as an integer and initialize it. The line $array[$x] = array(); appears to say that $array at the given integer index is made to refer to an empty array. Then the line $array[$x]["no"] sets the "no" element of that array to a string. The C# I proposed declares array as an array of dictionaries. A C# dictionary is a form of associative array, in the Perl language it would be called a 'hash'. The whole piece of code will write values into the structure, effectively initializing it from the values found in the parameters to MyMethod.

Elsewhere will need a statement such as array = new Dictionary<string, string>[gotovalue] to make array refer to an actual array.

Is this really work?? I have tried it, but how can initialise an array like dictionary data type in c#? Thats not make senses? — Aemz, Jun 02 '13 at 12:48
@Aemz I have added some explanations to my answer. Which aspect of the answer does not make sense? — AdrianHHH, Jun 02 '13 at 15:51
it says Use of unassigned local variable 'array', how ever I have initialized same as you did after declaration of integer x? I think there is no initialization of array type in dictionary, that is why I said its not make sense. — Aemz, Jun 02 '13 at 19:44
@Aemz my answer starts with the words "*Something based on the code below may get you started*" meaning you have to do some work. In the last part of my answer I wrote about initializing `array`. Your original question was quite precise in what you wanted, it did not ask for fully working code and you did not give enough details to do that. — AdrianHHH, Jun 02 '13 at 20:25

C# How to create string type index in jagged array

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