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		<description><![CDATA[PHP allow us to use String Literal as an Array Key, which is very handy in some situation.



&#60;?php
$happyArray = array(4 =&#62; 5, 9 =&#62; 12, "happyam" =&#62; 30);

echo $happyArray [4]; // 5
echo $happyArray[9]; // 12
echo $happyArray["happyam"]; // 30

?&#62; 



We can perform similar operation using a HashTable in C#
Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();

ht.Add(4,5);
ht.Add(9,12);
ht.Add("happyam", 30);

document.write(ht[4]);  // 5
document.write(ht[9]);  // 12
document.write(ht["happyam"]);  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PHP allow us to use String Literal as an Array Key, which is very handy in some situation.</p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #0000bb;">&lt;?php
$happyArray </span><span style="color: #007700;">= </span><span style="color: #007700;">array(</span><span style="color: #0000bb;">4 </span><span style="color: #007700;">=&gt; </span><span style="color: #0000bb;">5</span><span style="color: #007700;">, </span><span style="color: #0000bb;">9 </span><span style="color: #007700;">=&gt; </span><span style="color: #0000bb;">12</span><span style="color: #007700;">, </span><span style="color: #dd0000;">"happyam" </span><span style="color: #007700;">=&gt; 30</span><span style="color: #007700;">);

echo $<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #0000bb;">happyArray</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"> </span><span style="color: #007700;">[</span><span style="color: #0000bb;">4</span><span style="color: #007700;">]; </span><span style="color: #ff6600;">// 5</span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #007700;">echo </span><span style="color: #0000bb;">$</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #0000bb;">happyArray</span></span><span style="color: #007700;">[</span><span style="color: #0000bb;">9</span><span style="color: #007700;">]; </span><span style="color: #ff6600;">// 12</span>
<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #007700;">echo </span><span style="color: #0000bb;">$</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #0000bb;">happyArray</span></span><span style="color: #007700;">[</span><span style="color: #dd0000;">"happyam"</span><span style="color: #007700;">]; </span><span style="color: #ff6600;">// 30</span>

</span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #0000bb;">?&gt;</span> </span></pre>
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<p>We can perform similar operation using a <strong>HashTable</strong> in C#</p>
<pre><span style="color: #00ccff;">Hashtable </span>ht = <span style="color: #0000ff;">new</span><span style="color: #00ccff;"> </span><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #00ccff;">Hashtable()</span>;</span>

ht.Add(4,5);
ht.Add(9,12);
ht.Add(<span style="color: #ff0000;">"happyam"</span>, 30);

document.write(ht[4]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 5</span></span></code>
document.write(ht[9]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 12
</span></span></code>document.write(ht[<span style="color: #ff0000;">"happyam"</span>]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 30</span></span></code></pre>
<p>You can also use <strong>Dictionary</strong> if your <em>Keys</em> had the same data type, which is more efficient.  For example:</p>
<pre>using System.Collections.Generic; <span style="color: #ff6600;">// Dictionary object is in System.Collections.Generic</span>

<span style="color: #00ccff;">Dictionary</span>&lt;<span style="color: #0000ff;">string</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff;">int</span>&gt; dic = new <span style="color: #00ccff;">Dictionary</span>&lt;<span style="color: #0000ff;">string</span>, <span style="color: #0000ff;">int</span>&gt;();
dic.Add(<span style="color: #ff0000;">"Jacky"</span>, 30);
dic.Add(<span style="color: #ff0000;">"Minnie"</span>, 26);
dic.Add(<span style="color: #ff0000;">"Happyam"</span>, 35);
<pre>document.write(dic[<span style="color: #ff0000;">"Jacky"</span>]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 30
</span></span></code>document.write(dic[<span style="color: #ff0000;">"Minnie</span>]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 26
</span></span></code>document.write(dic[<span style="color: #ff0000;">"happyam"</span>]);  <code><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #ff8000;">// 35</span></span></code></pre>
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