Using a collection for the first time and need help

I am trying to come up with a way to store 3 pieces of information for each employee in the company on a daily basis. So for instance

Day 1: Joe, 8, 80
Day 2: Sam, 10, 90
Day 3: Bill, 5, 40
Day 4: Bob, 8, 40
Day 5: Sue, 2, 50

I am very new to collections and most of the applications that I build are Create, Read, Update and Delete type applications that don't really need arrays so I have almost no experience with either.

This is what I have so far. Am I on the right track here or is there a better way to do what I am trying to do?

VB Code:

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        Dim iDays As Integer = NumberDaysPerMonth(Date.Now)
        Dim DayNumber(iDays) As Integer
        Dim EmployeeRecords As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
 
        For i = 1 To DayNumber.Count - 1
            EmployeeRecords.Add(i)
            ' I want to actual call a function that will supply
            ' me with three strings (or fields). The three strings
            ' will be [EmployeeName], [Hours] and [Amount]. I
            ' don't need help with the function. I only need help
            ' with getting my collection to store the three values.
        Next
 
        For Each s In EmployeeRecords
            Console.WriteLine(s)
        Next

The collections allow you to put in a type of X, in your case you have used a String. However, you can create a class of your own, and put that in instead.

Code:

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Friend Class MyClass
  Friend UserName As String
  Friend Ref As Integer
End Class

Dim Records As New List(Of MyClass)

Dim Thing As New MyClass
Thing.UserName = "John"
Thing.Ref = 5

Records.Add(Thing)

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To extend this you can add your own constructor to the class that takes the parameters you require when you create it.

Code:

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Sub New(TheUserName As String, TheRef As Integer)
  Me.UserName = TheUserName
  Me.Ref = TheRef
End Sub

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Or you have a With command as well

Code:

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  Dim Thing As New MyClass With {.Name = "John", .Ref = 10}  'guessing at syntax!

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Grimfort

Or you have a With command as well

Code:

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  Dim Thing As New MyClass With {.Name = "John", .Ref = 10}  'guessing at syntax!

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Syntax correct, proper name is "object initialiser"

Heh, I was at home, but I didn't know that anyway, only used it a few times meself.