Strict type for Hashtable?

[Shane]

I thought that arrays and hash tables could be strictly typed under 2.0
instead of just being objects, but I can't find any documentation.

I want to have the values in a hash table designated as a string type,
so that I don't have to keep doing something like:

strSomething = CStr(hashtable( Key))

I'd rather have
strSomething = hashtable(Key)

Do the hashtables support this? If they do, what is the syntax?

Thanks,
Shane

[GhostInAK]

Re: Strict type for Hashtable?

Hello Shane,

Check out the System.Collecti ons.Generic namespace and look up the documentation
on the new "Of" keyword.

-Boo

I thought that arrays and hash tables could be strictly typed under
2.0 instead of just being objects, but I can't find any documentation.
>
I want to have the values in a hash table designated as a string type,
so that I don't have to keep doing something like:
>
strSomething = CStr(hashtable( Key))
>
I'd rather have
strSomething = hashtable(Key)
Do the hashtables support this? If they do, what is the syntax?
>
Thanks,
Shane

[David Anton]

RE: Strict type for Hashtable?

Yes, but the generic hashtable is the Dictionary(Of T) in the
System.Collecti ons.Generic namespace.
e.g.,
Dim GenericHashtabl e As New Dictionary(Of String)
GenericHashtabl e.Add(somekey, somestring)
Dim thisString = GenericHashtabl e(somekey)

(also, List(Of T) is the generic replacement for ArrayList in 2.0)
--
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"Shane" wrote:

I thought that arrays and hash tables could be strictly typed under 2.0
instead of just being objects, but I can't find any documentation.
>
I want to have the values in a hash table designated as a string type,
so that I don't have to keep doing something like:
>
strSomething = CStr(hashtable( Key))
>
I'd rather have
strSomething = hashtable(Key)
>
Do the hashtables support this? If they do, what is the syntax?
>
Thanks,
Shane
>
>

[Shane]

Re: Strict type for Hashtable?

Thanks for the info guys.

This feature was one of the items that had me chomping at the bit to
upgrade to 2.0

Shane