(noob) C# Programming practice Question

Question

i want to update a control based on a value e.g

       if (StringName == StringName2) 
            ListBox1.Items.Add("send data");
        else if (StringName3 == StringName4)
            DifferentListBox.Items.Add("send data");
        else if (StringName5 == StringName3)
            AnotherListBox.Items.Add("send data");

// or done using a switch statement

// and so on another 20 times for example

is it possible to put these methods \\ (OneOfTheListBoxes.Items.Add("send data") \\ to be put in a dictionary so i only need to enter the key to action the method instead of itterating through each statement.

or can u point me to a practice that would make me acheive this? or achieve this in less code.

sorry for noob question

Answer 1

Yes, you could put all the of the listboxes into a dictionary like so;

Dictionary<string, ListBox> _Dictionary;

public Something() //constructor
{
   _Dictionary= new Dictionary<string, ListBox>();
   _Dictionary.add("stringname1", ListBox1);
   _Dictionary.add("stringname2", ListBox2);
   _Dictionary.add("stringname3", ListBox3);
}


....


public void AddToListBox(string listBoxName, string valueToAdd)
{
  var listBox = _Dictionary[listBoxName];
  listBox.Items.Add(valueToAdd);
}

Answer 2

Sure. Use dictionary with the key holding a StringName, and value holding a Listbox. Then use:

myDict[StringName].Items.Add("send data")