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Object-oriented Programming in C#
Collection Classes
Dictionaries

A dictionary implements an associative array

  • Dictionaries

    • map keys to values

      • a given key can - at most - be mapped to a single value

    • are collections of key-value pairs

    • implement an efficient connection from instances of keys to instances of values

    • are typically implemented by means of hashtables