Using a collection for the first time and need help

[Elfish]

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?

'
        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

[Grimfort]

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.

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)

[Grimfort]

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

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

Or you have a With command as well

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

[jmcilhinney]

Or you have a With command as well

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

Syntax correct, proper name is "object initialiser"

[Grimfort]

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