CMapStringToString equivalent in VB

[TheMillionDollarMan]

Hi.
I am a C++, VB coding cowboy. Yeehaa.

I use the CMapStringToString class in C to read in a text file of values. The text file looks something like:

LookupValue1, ReturnValue1
LookupValue2, ReturnValue2
US, United States
JP, Japan
etc...

Once its read in I can use it later to look up codes etc. Eg If I have Country Code = US and I want United States Of America I pass in "US" to my map object and that returns me the full name.

Does VB have a hash map like this?
I want to avoid another trip to the database just to look up the country name.

I know Java and C++ do...

Thanks
Dave

 

[Foada]

VB does not make use of maps unfortunately. You should be able to do what you are looking to do with either a 'Collection' or 'Dictionary' object though. Both of these objects are covered in MSDN as well as in a number of post on this forum. If you have questions just repost to this forum. Good Luck.

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