get dictionary value by key

Question

How can I get the dictionary value by key on function

my function code is this ( and the command what I try but didn\'t work ):

static void XML_Array         


        

Answer 1

          private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                Dictionary<string, string> Data_Array = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                Data_Array.Add("XML_File", "Settings.xml");

                XML_Array(Data_Array);
            }
          static void XML_Array(Dictionary<string, string> Data_Array)
            {
                String xmlfile = Data_Array["XML_File"];
            }

Answer 2

It's as simple as this:

String xmlfile = Data_Array["XML_File"];

Note that if the dictionary doesn't have a key that equals "XML_File", that code will throw an exception. If you want to check first, you can use TryGetValue like this:

string xmlfile;
if (!Data_Array.TryGetValue("XML_File", out xmlfile)) {
   // the key isn't in the dictionary.
   return; // or whatever you want to do
}
// xmlfile is now equal to the value

Answer 3

Why not just use key name on dictionary, C# has this:

 Dictionary<string, string> dict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 dict.Add("UserID", "test");
 string userIDFromDictionaryByKey = dict["UserID"];

If you look at the tip suggestion:

Answer 4

That is not how the TryGetValue works. It returns true or false based on whether the key is found or not, and sets its out parameter to the corresponding value if the key is there.

If you want to check if the key is there or not and do something when it's missing, you need something like this:

bool hasValue = Data_Array.TryGetValue("XML_File", out value);
if (hasValue) {
    xmlfile = value;
} else {
    // do something when the value is not there
}

Answer 5

static void XML_Array(Dictionary<string, string> Data_Array)
{
    String value;
    if(Data_Array.TryGetValue("XML_File", out value))
    {
     ... Do something here with value ...
    }
}

Answer 6

static String findFirstKeyByValue(Dictionary<string, string> Data_Array, String value)
{
    if (Data_Array.ContainsValue(value))
    {
        foreach (String key in Data_Array.Keys)
        {
            if (Data_Array[key].Equals(value))
                return key;
        }
    }
    return null;
}