Running Total for searched strings

[Redwit]

Had this issue I was wondering about. This is what it actually DOES then Ill say what I want it to DO. It grabs the word from a notepad I have saved in the directory, and brings it forward onto a form in designated area's and after whomever is done with the word and definition. It'll tell you how many times it's been looked up. Problem is the count applies NOT to the individual words as I'd have liked but EVERY word that has been searched for in the session.: Here's a snip-it

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                    {
                        WordList = Word.Split('_');
                        WordListCount = Word.Split('_');

                        if (WordFound == true)
                        {
                            MessageBox.Show("The word " + WordList[0] + " means" + WordList[1] + WordList[2]);
                            for (Clicks = 0; Clicks < 1; Clicks++)
                            {
                                ClickCount = ClickCount + 1;
                            }
                            MessageBox.Show("The word " + WordList[0] + " has been searched for " + ClickCount + " time(s)");
                        }
                    }

I would greatly appreciate any insight as to how to get the count to apply for each word individually. Either just within the session or, if possible, keep a constant running total of searched words.

[.paul.]

this is the vb.net forum. is this a C question?
vbforums has dedicated C forums

[.paul.]

C forum:

http://www.vbforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

[Redwit]

Yes it's from Visual Studio, specifically C#.

[MattP]

Yes it's from Visual Studio, specifically C#.

Whoosh....

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What are you using WordListCount for?

The line ClickCount = ClickCount + 1; looks like where you're trying to figure out how many times a word has been searched but the problem is the word isn't associate with this variable anywhere so you just get a running count of all searched words.

I would recommend you take a look at Dictionary<string, int> where you use the word as the key and click count as the value.