How to assign a number value to String

Question

I dont know if this is possible but i want to assign some sort of number value to a string so i can compare the strings. Im making a card game and the cards are put to a list using a deal method which contains some switches that return TWO THREE...ACE Now i have no way of comparing these like ACE > TWO Any ideas?

Jaish Mathews · Answer

How about this using System.Collections.Specialized; ListDictionary li = new ListDictionary (); li.Add( TWO  2); li.Add( THREE  3); li.Add( ACE  4); if ( int .Parse(li[ ACE ].ToString()) > int .Parse( li[ TWO ].ToString() )) { }

Shane · Answer

Never knew about that thanks!

Jaish Mathews · Answer

Yes These tyes can keep the items in Key/Value format. Similar types are NameValueCollection Dictionary etc.. Please mark if your problem resolved.

Shane · Answer

Wow thats very interesting. Is a ListDictionary different from just a list? I never knew you could store two values within an element.