Is it possible to change the element name in an Array List?

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Hi,

I am creating an array List of Vector3 values like this:

 var attackerWayPointArray = new List.<Vector3>();

Rather than having each value named as 'Element 0', 'Element 1' etc, I would like to be able to change the element name to something more like 'Start' so that I can search for the Vector3 value by name.

This is so that I can refer to the way-points as they will be constantly changing.

Is this possible?

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Answer by fafase · Dec 08, 2012 at 04:04 PM

What you describe is a dictionary:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xfhwa508.aspx

 var myDic = new Dictionary.<String, Vetcor3>();
 myDic["Start"] = Vector3(10,10,10);
 
 transform.position = myDic["Start"];

You could also use http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.hashtable.aspx

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code-blep · Dec 08, 2012 at 06:19 PM 0

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facepalm Thanks fafase.I had heard of dictionary and hashtable before, but never realised that they could be used this way. Is there much of a performance difference between dictionary and hashtable?

fafase · Dec 08, 2012 at 07:58 PM 1

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All in there: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4yh14awz.aspx

code-blep · Dec 08, 2012 at 08:05 PM 0

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Brilliant! $$anonymous$$y list of Unity Bookmarks is growing fast ;)

Is it possible to change the element name in an Array List?

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