Need help translating one line of c# code...

[OhioSteve]

I want to translate this line to vb.net:

pages=new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);

The know that the dictionary class is in System.Collections.generic in vb.

I can create that object in vb.net with this line:

Private pages As New Dictionary(Of String, String)

But I do NOT understand the last part of the c# fragment. I thought maybe the original author was casting the Dictionary to a StringComparer. But after researching it further, I don't think you CAN cast a Dictionary as a StringComparer. Plus, I think that to cast something in c# you put the new data type in FRONT of it, not behind it.

Please help!

 

[AlexCuse]

Private pages As New Dictionary(Of String, String)(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)

For future reference:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6918612z.aspx

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[AlexCuse]

Also its important to remember this:

New Dictionary(Of String, String) is not a constructor when you are dealing with generics. New Dictionary(Of String, String)() would be the default constructor (I think, I don't know VB.net that well).

The IEqualityComparer is just a parameter for one of yoru constructor overloads.

Hope it helps,

Alex

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[earthandfire]

pages = New Dictionary(Of String, String)(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)

It just specifies how the dictionary should be sorted