sortedlist question

Hi all

I'm totaling up a list of items in a Binding source and I am just having a small problem with syntax for incrementing the value of a key if it already exists


any help is greatly appreciated line 16 below

C# Code:

SortedList mySortedList = new SortedList();
            foreach (DataRowView view in myBindingSource)
            {
                if ((string)view["group_name"] == "USAT-Desktop") 
                {
                    view["group_name"] = "TEST TEST";
                }
               
                
               if (mySortedList.Contains(view["category_name"])== false)
               {
                   mySortedList.Add(view["category_name"], 1);
               }
               else
               {
               //how do I ++ the value of the key if it already exists?
               //mysortedlist[view["category_name"]].value +=1? 
               }

++mysortedlist[view["category_name"]].value;

surely?

i got

mysortedlist[view["category_name"]] = 1+(int)mysortedlist[view["category_name"]];

Quote:

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Originally Posted by penagate

++mysortedlist[view["category_name"]].value;

surely?

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there is not .value option for this did you get this to work or are you just sudo coding

Either one is fine i appreciate the help i just want to know if im missing something or not.

This is obviously C# 2005 if you are using a BindingSource, but you should still be specifying when you post. After more than 550 posts you should be able to do that without asking. It is one click of a radio button.

As it's C# 2005 you should be using a generic collection, not the standard type. That way your values will be typed and no casting is required:

Code:

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SortedList<string, int> list=new SortedList<string,int>();
string name;

foreach (DataRowView row in this.bindingSource1)
{
        name = (string)row["Name"];

        if (list.ContainsKey(name))
        {
                list[name]++;
        }
        else
        {
                list.Add(name, 1);
        }
}

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With a standard SortedList it would have to look like this:

Code:

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SortedList list = new SortedList();
string name;

foreach (DataRowView row in this.bindingSource1)
{
        name = (string)row["Name"];

        if (list.ContainsKey(name))
        {
                list[name] = (int)list[name] + 1;
        }
        else
        {
                list.Add(name, 1);
        }
}

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by jmcilhinney

This is obviously C# 2005 if you are using a BindingSource, but you should still be specifying when you post. After more than 550 posts you should be able to do that without asking. It is one click of a radio button.

As it's C# 2005 you should be using a generic collection, not the standard type. That way your values will be typed and no casting is required:

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thanks

I never thought about it before I will make sure to note that in the future.