Question

I am trying to create a custom list that will hold two values.

For example I have an enum:

public enum Type
{
   name,
   number,
   surname
}

so want I want to do is have a list that will hold the enum above, Type, and a value to go with it.

For example:

List<Type type, object value>

Please assist as to how i can go about accomplishing this.

Answer 1

There are many ways to skin this cat.

A good option, if you only need to use this list inside a single method is to use a List<Tuple<Type,object>>. See Tuple on MSDN.

If you do need to share the list across methods/classes, I suggest a custom type to hold both values:

public class MyValues
{
  public Type TheType { get; set; }
  public object TheObject { get; set; }
}

And use that with List<MyValues>.

Note: Your use of object as a generic type is a code smell. It defeats the reasons for using generics.