Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017 - Third Edition

Dictionaries

When we talk about collection data, we need to mention Dictionaries. A Dictionary is similar to a List. However, instead of accessing a certain element by index value, we use a string called key.

The Dictionary that you will probably be using the most often is called Hashtable. Feel free to dive into the C# documentation after reading this chapter to discover all the bits of this powerful class.

Here are a few key properties of Hashtable:

• Hashtable can be resized dynamically, like List<T> and ArrayList
• Hashtable can store multiple data types at the same type, like ArrayList
• A public member Hashtable isn't visible in the Unity Inspector panel due to default inspector limitations

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