A dictionary object that uses ranges of values for keys

Question

I have need of a sort of specialized dictionary. My use case is this: The user wants to specify ranges of values (the range could be a single point as well) and assign a v

Answer 1

This is only going to work when the intervals don't overlap. And your main problem seems to be converting from a single (key) value to an interval.

I would write a wrapper around SortedList. The SortedList.Keys.IndexOf() would find you an index that can be used to verify if the interval is valid and then use it.