an equivlient to a long enum
Greetings, I utilize enumerations in many functions throughout my application to avoid typos and take advantage of the intellicense.
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Public Enum Position
First
Last
End Enum
Public Sub GetLocation(ByVal Pos As RCPosition)
End Sub
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Now, using enums is ver handy if your items are short (ie: First, Last, etc...) but how about if if I have longer variables? say I want to store Url Paths. I've been storing such items as constants in their own class. ie:
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Public Class JSPaths
Public Const Path1 As String = "very long url here"
Public Const Path2 As String = "another very long url here"
End Class
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with such set up, I obviously don't have the advantages that I have with enums. Isn't there a way for me to store long variables in a similar fashion to an enumeration? would having a strucutre be my solution? Thanks.
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Public Enum Position
First
Last
End Enum
Public Sub GetLocation(ByVal Pos As RCPosition)
End Sub
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Now, using enums is ver handy if your items are short (ie: First, Last, etc...) but how about if if I have longer variables? say I want to store Url Paths. I've been storing such items as constants in their own class. ie:
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Public Class JSPaths
Public Const Path1 As String = "very long url here"
Public Const Path2 As String = "another very long url here"
End Class
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with such set up, I obviously don't have the advantages that I have with enums. Isn't there a way for me to store long variables in a similar fashion to an enumeration? would having a strucutre be my solution? Thanks.
yes the best way to implement this is through an arraylist
dim urls as new arraylist
urls.add("very long url here)
urls.add("another very long url here)
therefore
path1=urls(0)
path2=urls(1)
so to go through all of the urls
for each strurl as string in urls
'strurl will currently equal the url
next
good luck
dim urls as new arraylist
urls.add("very long url here)
urls.add("another very long url here)
therefore
path1=urls(0)
path2=urls(1)
so to go through all of the urls
for each strurl as string in urls
'strurl will currently equal the url
next
good luck
ASKER
Thanks for the suggestion guys. just an FYI, I'm not building these variables dynamically or anything.. they're just a bunch of constants that I need to grab and use in different locations in my project.
In both of these suggestions, can I take advantage of the intellicense like we do in the enums? Thanks.
In both of these suggestions, can I take advantage of the intellicense like we do in the enums? Thanks.
Intellisense? In the case of the settings, yes. In the case of the arraylist, no.
As an aside, I'd recommend System.Collections.Generic
As an aside, I'd recommend System.Collections.Generic
ASKER
Chaosian, would you still recommend doing a My.Settings.SettingName if I have say a 100 of them or so?? any performance concerns?
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Thanks Chaosian
Caveat: this only works with VS2005.