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[athono]

How To Modify An Element in the Dictionary Class?
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C# has this cool Dictionary class that you can use like a Hash Table. Is there a way of changing the value of an indexed element without resorting to removing it like this?

int value = runningcount[city];
runningcount.Remove(city);
runningcount.Add(city, ++value);

[ApochPiQ]

You can use the [] syntax to set the value once it has been Added to the dictionary:

Dictionary<string, int> myDictionary = new Dictionary<string, int>();
myDictionary.Add("testing", 41);
++myDictionary["testing"];

MessageBox.Show(myDictionary["testing"].ToString());  // Displays 42

[Narf the Mouse]

You can also use the [] syntax to set new values. This should come with a warning sign, though; there's no protection against over-writing existing values.

Edited by Narf the Mouse, 18 August 2012 - 05:46 PM.

[ApochPiQ]

You are correct. Just be warned that trying to use [] to read a value that doesn't exist will throw an exception. (That's why you can't, for example, use ++ on a value that hasn't been added yet - it must read the value first, then increment it, then set it.)