Question

HI

I am using nested SortedDictionary in my code as SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, int>> but not able to use value stored in this object.
Please find the code which i am using

SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, int>> baseItemCounts = 
     new SortedDictionary<string, SortedDictionary<string, int>>();
            baseItemCounts.Add("1450", new SortedDictionary<string, int>());
            baseItemCounts["1450"].Add("1450M", 15);

I want to print these values on screen. but don’t know how to access it.

1450
1450M ==== 15

Please some one can help?

Answer 1

SwDevMan81 is correct: baseItemCounts[“1450”][“1450M”] will return 15.

If you want to go through the list and return sorted values, try this:

        foreach (string key1 in baseItemCounts.Keys)
        {
            foreach (string key2 in baseItemCounts[key1].Keys)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}, {2}", key1, key2, baseItemCounts[key1][key2]);
            }
        }

Remember to iterate by keys so that you get the benefit of the sorting.