Should I array or collection or what

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my first post, so I hope I am keeping in the rules. I am converting to C# programming and I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction on this point. I have a stream of data consisting of integer pairs which I want to store. There could be between 15,000 and 250,000 pairs. Once they are collected I just need to read through the whole group - always all of them and the order is unimportant.

I have just got confused with all the options. in VBA I would use a collection of variant arrays

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '13 at 23:22

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You could just use a List<Tuple<int,int>> to store your data, personally I would recommend a custom type though that gives meaning to each property (instead them just being Item1 and Item2).

Using a list would be preferable to an array unless you know the exact number of items to store in advance.

answered Nov 09 '13 at 23:22

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Thanks. Your answer has cut through the options and got me a great answer. Cheers. – tony_2975092 Nov 09 '13 at 23:36

Should I array or collection or what

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