What's the best way of using a pair (triple, etc) of values as one value in C#?

Question

That is, I\'d like to have a tuple of values.

The use case on my mind:

Dictionary, object>

or

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Answer 1

KeyValuePair is the best class to extend if you don't want to create your own classes.

int id = 33;
string description = "This is a custom solution";
DateTime created = DateTime.Now;

KeyValuePair> triple =
   new KeyValuePair>();
triple.Key = id;
triple.Value.Key = description;
triple.Value.Value = created;

You can extend it to as many levels as you want.

KeyValuePair, string, string> quadruple =
   new KeyValuePair, string, string>();

Note: The classes Triplet and Pair exists inside the System.Web-dll, so it's not very suitable for other solutions than ASP.NET.