Create a dictionary like array

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Hello I would like to store this data into an array: [Error1][Lang1Text] [Error1][Lang2Text] [Error2][Lang1Text] So I have an error id and I would like to have an array or other object to quickly find the error and select the correct text depending on the language. And if needed I just need to add a new language and text for an error I do not need to change the code where it is used to find the correct text. Any idea's ? Kind regards

Danatas Gervi · Answer

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibrisans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} You can write your own class public class TranslationKeeper { public TranslationKeeper () { Translations = new Dictionary string  string > (); } public Dictionary string  string > Translations ; } And use it in dictionary Dictionary string  TranslationKeeper > AllErrorsMessages = new Dictionary string  TranslationKeeper > (); Possible code to fill in: TranslationKeeper oneTranslation = new TranslationKeeper (); oneTranslation . Translations . Add ( RUS  Oshibka ); oneTranslation . Translations . Add ( ENG  Error ); AllErrorsMessages . Add ( Error1  oneTranslation );

Charly · Answer

Thank you both for your answer. I learned some new stuff today.

Jorge L Fernandez · Answer

This is a similar approach than Danatas Gervi reply. Did not realized the questions was already answered. Good luck

Jorge L Fernandez · Answer

Hi You can use this approach for perfomance. A class which stores every Error the ErrorStore and an Error class which actually represents each error with its specific messages by language. Implementation in both classes will run fast. public class Error { public string ErrorID {get; set;} Dictionary errors; public Error(string ErrorID) { this.ErrorID = ErrorID; this.errors = new Dictionary (); } public void InsertError(string language string message) { // INSERT ERROR ONLY IF IS NOT INSERTED YET if(!this.errors.ContainsKey(language)) this.errors.Add(languagemessage); } public string GetError(string language) { if(this.errors.ContainsKey(language)) return this.errors[language]; return String.Empty; } } public class ErrorStore { Dictionary errors; public ErrorStore() { this.errors = new Dictionary (); } public Error GetError(string errorID) { if(this.errors.ContainsKey(errorID)) return this.errors[errorID]; return null; } public void InsertError(string errorId string language string msg) { Error error = null; if (this.errors.ContainsKey(errorId)) { // ERROR ALREADY EXISTS error = this.errors[errorId]; error.InsertError(languagemsg); } else { // CREATE NEW AND INSERT IN PRIVATE DICTIONARY error = new Error(errorId); error.InsertError(language msg); this.errors.Add(errorId error); } }

Danatas Gervi · Answer

And so if you want to get the translation Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Table Normal; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibrisans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} string TranslatedMessage = GetTranslationOf ( Error1  RUS  AllErrorsMessages ); use function: private static string GetTranslationOf ( string MessageKey  string LangCode  Dictionary string  TranslationKeeper > AllErrorsMessages ) { return AllErrorsMessages [ MessageKey ] . Translations [ LangCode ]; }