Multidimensional Associative Array in VB.NET

Question

Hi can someone show me an example of a multidimensional associative array in vb.net. Need array to hold peoples name, there age and a few other settings. Want to be able to use a Dictionary to use People.Add.

Thanks

--Mark

Answer 1

Think OOP. You should use a class to associate the properties with each other. Example:

Class Person

   Private _name as String
   Private _age as Integer

   Public ReadOnly Property Name
      Get
         Return _name
      End Get
   End Property

   Public ReadOnly Property Age
      Get
         Return _age
      End Get
   End Property

   Public Sub New(name As String, age as Integer)
      _name = name
      _age = age
   End Sub

End Class

Now you can put the people in a dictionary:

Dim people As New Dictionary(Of String, Person)()
people.Add("John", new Person("John", 42))
people.Add("Jane", new Person("Jane", 12))