Question

I have these 2 fairly large arrays, one with pointers and one with strings to id them so I can access them with int z being their index. I occasionally come back to them to do stuff with it.

        //LUTs(names start, names end, descriptions strart, descriptions end)
UInt32[,] multiPointer = {{0x81656650, 0x816571F8, 0x816571FC, 0x81657DA4},//item
                          {0x81671DE0, 0x81671FE8, 0x81672820, 0x81672A28},//chest
                          {0x81671FEC, 0x816721DC, 0x81672A2C, 0x81672C1C},//arm
                          {0x816721E0, 0x816723D4, 0x81672C20, 0x81672E14},//waist
                          {0x816723D8, 0x816725C8, 0x81672E18, 0x81673008},//legging
                          {0x816725CC, 0x816727FC, 0x8167300C, 0x8167323C},//headgear
                          {0x81672800, 0x8167281C, 0x81673240, 0x8167325C},//talisman
                          {0x81666B20, 0x81666C94, 0x81667290, 0x81667404},//GS
                          {0x81666C98, 0x81666E04, 0x81667408, 0x81667574},//SnS
                          {0x81666E08, 0x81666F5C, 0x81667578, 0x816676CC},//hammer
                          {0x81667108, 0x8166728C, 0x81667878, 0x816679FC},//lance
                          {0x81670600, 0x8167064C, 0x816706F4, 0x81670740},//bg frame
                          {0x816705B0, 0x816705FC, 0x816706A4, 0x816706F0},//bg barrel
                          {0x81670650, 0x816706A0, 0x81670744, 0x81670794},//bg stock
                          {0x81666F60, 0x8166700C, 0x816676D0, 0x8166777C},//LS
                          {0x81667010, 0x81667104, 0x81667780, 0x81667874},//SwA
                          {0x8168423C, 0x816842DC, 0x0,0x0},//monster
                          {0x816856F8, 0x816858CC, 0x816858D0, 0x81685AA4},//title
                          {0x81656FEC, 0x816571F8, 0x0, 0x0}//decorations
                         };
string[] stuff = { "Item", 
                   "Chest", 
                   "Arm", 
                   "Waist", 
                   "Legging", 
                   "Headgear", 
                   "Talisman", 
                   "Great Sword", 
                   "Sword and Shield",
                   "Hammer", "Lance", 
                   "Bowgun Frame", 
                   "Bowgun Barrel", 
                   "Bowgun Stock", 
                   "Longsword", 
                   "Switch Axe", 
                   "Monster", 
                   "Title",
                   "Decorations"
                 };

Sorry about the terrible names. Before they were 5 different arrays until I learned about multidimensional arrays. But then I can’t combine the strings with the hex. Is there a way to combine these 2 arrays so that it looks neater?

Answer 1

Create a class that contains a string and 4 UInt32

public class Item {
    public UInt32 Value1 { get; private set; }
    public UInt32 Value2 { get; private set; }
    public UInt32 Value3 { get; private set; }
    public UInt32 Value4 { get; private set; }
    public string Stuff { get; private set; }
}

Now you can create an array of Item:

public Item[] items = {
    { 0x81656650, 0x816571F8, 0x816571FC, 0x81657DA4, "Item" },
}

And so on…