Accessing float from dictionary

Hi Unity Community

I am using the generic dictionary to store a string [key] and a float [value], however I can’t seem to access it the float value by passing the string key.

I am sure the float values are present as they return properly when iterated over using the the key value pairs, so I must be trying to access the value wrong; can anyone enlighten me as to where this issue may be occurring?

Have tried a whole number of approaches available in reference documentation to no avail.

Many thanks in advance, Ryan

Dictionary declaration:

     groupingsOrigin = new Dictionary.<String, float>();
     
     for (var group : String in groupings)
     {    
         var subDivLength = floorSizeX - floorSubdivisionSize;
         floorSizeX -= floorSubdivisionSize; 
         var subDivXOrigin = subDivLength + (floorSubdivisionSize/2);
         groupingsOrigin.Add(group, subDivXOrigin);
     }

Debugs correct:

 for (var group : KeyValuePair.<String, float> in groupingsOrigin)
     {
         var groupOrigin = groupingsOrigin.Values;
         Debug.Log("Dictionary entry= " + " Group Name: " +group.Key + " " + " Group X Origin: " + group.Value);
     
     }

Value retrieval issue: ('curSortField' being synonymous w/ the key string)

 var curObjXPos : float = groupingsOrigin[curSortField]; //value of objSort dict matches the key of the groupingsOrigin dict
         
 //        var curObjXPos : float;
 //        groupingsOrigin.TryGetValue(curSortField, curObjXPos);

Issue returns:

 CurObj moving to: CompilerGenerated.__BrowseImpSortPositionObj_positionObjects$callable1$137_61__
 UnityEngine.Debug:Log(Object)
 BrowseImpSortPositionObj:positionObjects(Dictionary`2) (at Assets/Scripts/MetaPipe_SceneBrowseScripts/BrowseImpSortPositionObj.js:137)
 BrowseImpSortPositionObj:getPhotogramLocations(List`1) (at Assets/Scripts/MetaPipe_SceneBrowseScripts/BrowseImpSortPositionObj.js:83)
 BrowseImpSortPositionObj:sortMode(List`1) (at Assets/Scripts/MetaPipe_SceneBrowseScripts/BrowseImpSortPositionObj.js:39)
 $:MoveNext() (at Assets/Scripts/MetaPipe_SceneBrowseScripts/BrowseImportObj.js:132)
 

Question Update

Full script being used:

 #pragma strict
 
 //function used to sort imported objs by their sort field and position them in groups
 
 import System.Linq;
 import System.Xml;
 import System.Collections.Generic;
 
 var infoCont : ObjInfoControl;
 
 //xml declarations
 var xmlRoot : XmlNode;
 
 //gui dependancies
 var photogramLocationToggle : Toggle;
 var floorPlane : GameObject; //floorplane objects sit on
 
 var curPosObjects : List.<GameObject>;
 var groupingsOrigin = Dictionary.<String, float>();
 
 
 function sortMode(curBrowseObjects : List.<GameObject>) //determines what sort of sorting is requried
 {
     curPosObjects = curBrowseObjects;
 
     if (photogramLocationToggle.isOn)
     {
         getPhotogramLocations(curPosObjects);    
     }    
 }
 
 
 //Photogram etc might need their own script
 function getPhotogramLocations (curPosObjects : List.<GameObject>) //used to determine number of locations in browse results
 {
     xmlRoot = infoCont.control.root;
 
     var curObjName : String;
 
     var objectPhotogramLocations : List.<String>  = new List.<String>(); //will be used to count up number of locations in browse results
     
     var objectLocationsDict = new Dictionary.<GameObject, String>();
     
     Debug.Log("Positioning now");
     for (var object : Object in curPosObjects)
     {
     
         var curObject = object as GameObject;
         curObjName = curObject.name;
         Debug.Log("Positioning: " + curObjName);
         
         var curObjNode = xmlRoot.SelectSingleNode("MetaPipeObject[@name='"+ curObjName +"']");
         var curLocationName = curObjNode.SelectSingleNode("./ModelInfo/PhotogramInfo/PhotogramLocation/PhotogramLocationName").InnerText;
         Debug.Log(curObjName + " location: " + curLocationName);    
         
         objectLocationsDict.Add(curObject, curLocationName);
         
         if (!objectPhotogramLocations.Contains(curLocationName)) //will only add location name to list if it doesn't already exist
         {
             objectPhotogramLocations.Add(curLocationName);
         }
     }
     
     //sort the photogram groups reverse alphabetically to match origin calculations
     objectPhotogramLocations = objectPhotogramLocations.OrderByDescending(function(curObjName) curObjName).ToList();
     
     var photogramLocationCount : int = objectPhotogramLocations.Count;
     Debug.Log("Total number of locations: " + photogramLocationCount);
     
     findXOrigin(photogramLocationCount, objectPhotogramLocations); //find floor allocations for the individual groupings
     
     positionObjects(objectLocationsDict); //move the objects into position
 }
 
 
 function findXOrigin(numberOfGroupings : int, groupings : List.<String>)
 {
     var floorPlaneCol = floorPlane.GetComponent(BoxCollider);    
     var floorSizeX = floorPlaneCol.size.x;
     Debug.Log("floorSizeX: " + floorSizeX);
     
     var floorSubdivisionSize = floorSizeX / numberOfGroupings;
     Debug.Log("floorSubdivisionSize: " + floorSubdivisionSize);
     
     groupingsOrigin = new Dictionary.<String, float>();
     
     for (var group : String in groupings)
     {    
         var subDivLength = floorSizeX - floorSubdivisionSize;
         floorSizeX -= floorSubdivisionSize; //removes accounted for section from the overall size
         var subDivXOrigin = subDivLength + (floorSubdivisionSize/2);
         groupingsOrigin.Add(group, subDivXOrigin);
     }
     
     //Accessing values example
     for (var group : KeyValuePair.<String, float> in groupingsOrigin)
     {
         var groupOrigin = groupingsOrigin.Values;
         Debug.Log("Dictionary entry= " + " Group Name: " +group.Key + " " + " Group X Origin: " + group.Value);
     
     }
     
     for (var group : String in groupingsOrigin.Keys)
     {
         var groupOriginX = groupingsOrigin[group];
         Debug.Log("Dictionary entry= " + " Group Name: " + group + " " + " Group X Origin: " + groupOriginX.ToString);
     }
 }
 
 
 function positionObjects(objectSortDict : Dictionary.<GameObject, String>)
 {
     //assigns rb/coll components and moves objects into position
     
     //var groupingsOrigin = Dictionary.<String, float>()
     
     for (var browseObj : KeyValuePair.<GameObject, String> in objectSortDict)
     {
         var curObj : GameObject = browseObj.Key;
         var curSortField : String = browseObj.Value;
         Debug.Log("Dictionary entry= " + " Object Name: " + curObj.name + " " + " Location: " + curSortField);
         
         var curObjXPos : float = groupingsOrigin[curSortField]; //value of objSort dict matches the key of the groupingsOrigin dict
         
 //        var curObjXPos : float;
 //        groupingsOrigin.TryGetValue(curSortField, curObjXPos);
         
         curObj.transform.position.x = curObjXPos;
         Debug.Log("CurObj moving to: " + curObjXPos.ToString);
     }
 
 }