Question

I have a C# program I am developing.

String customerReference = String.Concat(firstName, lastName);
Customer customerReference  = new Customer(firstName, lastName, phoneNumber);

I want to take the ‘literal’ (if thats the right word) value of customerReference to name the instance of the class customer.

As I am unfamiliar with the syntax of the C# language my question may seen confusing, but hopefully someone can help.

Answer 1

If you want to retrieve Customer instances by name maybe a Dictionary<string, Customer> is what you are looking for:

var customerMap = new Dictionary<string, Customer>();
string customerKey = firstName + lastName;
customerMap.Add(customerKey, customerReference);

//..
Customer c = customerMap[customerKey];