C# : Data collection to keep string?

Question

Any Data Collection to keep the strings? I want to know any other data collection that can keep string, because enum cannot keep string.

Most collections can store any type of object. The difference between each type of collection is how those objects are stored/written/accessed. — Rob Elliott, Dec 03 '10 at 17:35

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:31

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List<string>

Or

StringCollection

Should do...

answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:31

Marc Gravell

It's better to use a generic collection rather then non-generic, isn't it? You can use LINQ, etc without addition operations – abatishchev Dec 03 '10 at 17:37
@abatishchev - maybe a little, but I wouldn't get excited either way. – Marc Gravell Dec 03 '10 at 17:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:30

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How about ICollection<string> or List<string> or a static array of strings (string[])?

answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:30

Darin Dimitrov

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:32

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System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection

answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:32

Merky

It isn't generic. Rather better to use a generic collection. – abatishchev Dec 03 '10 at 17:34
@abatishchev - while generally true, It is a bit subjective – Marc Gravell Dec 03 '10 at 17:36

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 03 '10 at 17:35

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If you decide to go with WPF or Silverlight and need to databind to it then you should use

ObservableCollection<string>

Although I should point out that string is not mutable.

edited Dec 03 '10 at 17:35

abatishchev

answered Dec 03 '10 at 17:35

basarat

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