Combo Box help

Im gonna add about 1000 items to a combo box. And then when someone clicks a button, i need to get the corresponding number to each string. My quesiton is do i have to compare whatever string they pick to 1000 others using case statements, or can i give data to each string that i give the combo box, and then just get the data with the string.

How about an array using the index of the combo box:

Code:

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int pArray[1000] = { ... };

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Although if there's 1000 items it would be a much better idea to load them dynamically from a data file.

I thought about that, but i want the combo box to be sorted, so all the items would be out of wack.

An array of UDTs? Try using the STL map class?

Class? Are you talking MFC? Cuz im not using MFC.

Nope. I'm talking the C++ Standard Library, of which the STL (Standard Template Library) is a part.