Best Collection?

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What's the best collection for the following scenario:

key value
--- -----

"Languages" -> "C#"
-> "Delphi"
-> "C++"

"IDEs" -> "VS.NET"
-> "BDS"
-> "KDevelop"

Basically we have a string /key/ with one of more string /values/.

I'd guess that 'NameValueCollection' would be usable here but is it the
best class for this?
 
C# Learner said:
What's the best collection for the following scenario:

key value
--- -----

"Languages" -> "C#"
-> "Delphi"
-> "C++"

"IDEs" -> "VS.NET"
-> "BDS"
-> "KDevelop"

Basically we have a string /key/ with one of more string /values/.

I'd guess that 'NameValueCollection' would be usable here but is it the
best class for this?
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It's certainly an easy class to use, so long as you make sure you use
Add and GetValues rather than just the indexer.

Another alternative would be to use a Hashtable where the value was an
ArrayList of strings.
 
Jon Skeet [C# MVP] wrote:

[...]
It's certainly an easy class to use, so long as you make sure you use
Add and GetValues rather than just the indexer.

Another alternative would be to use a Hashtable where the value was an
ArrayList of strings.
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Thanks Jon. The latter sounds like a good idea but I think I'll go with
the former in this instance.

Bye.
 
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