Multi-dimensional arraylist or list in C#?

Question

Is it possible to create a multidimensional list in C#? I can create an multidimensional array like so:

 string[,] results = new string[20, 2];

Answer 1

You can create a list of lists

   public class MultiDimList: List> {  }

or a Dictionary of key-accessible Lists

   public class MultiDimDictList: Dictionary>  { }
   MultiDimDictList myDicList = new MultiDimDictList ();
   myDicList.Add("ages", new List()); 
   myDicList.Add("Salaries", new List()); 
   myDicList.Add("AccountIds", new List()); 

Generic versions, to implement suggestion in comment from @user420667

  public class MultiDimList: List> {  }

and for the dictionary,

   public class MultiDimDictList: Dictionary>  { }

  // to use it, in client code
   var myDicList = new MultiDimDictList ();
   myDicList.Add("ages", new List()); 
   myDicList["ages"].Add(23);
   myDicList["ages"].Add(32);
   myDicList["ages"].Add(18);

   myDicList.Add("salaries", new List());
   myDicList["salaries"].Add(80000);
   myDicList["salaries"].Add(100000);

   myDicList.Add("accountIds", new List()); 
   myDicList["accountIds"].Add(321123);
   myDicList["accountIds"].Add(342653);

or, even better, ...

   public class MultiDimDictList: Dictionary>  
   {
       public void Add(K key, T addObject)
       {
           if(!ContainsKey(key)) Add(key, new List());
           if (!base[key].Contains(addObject)) base[key].Add(addObject);
       }           
   }


  // and to use it, in client code
    var myDicList = new MultiDimDictList ();
    myDicList.Add("ages", 23);
    myDicList.Add("ages", 32);
    myDicList.Add("ages", 18);
    myDicList.Add("salaries", 80000);
    myDicList.Add("salaries", 110000);
    myDicList.Add("accountIds", 321123);
    myDicList.Add("accountIds", 342653);

EDIT: to include an Add() method for nested instance:

public class NestedMultiDimDictList: 
           MultiDimDictList>: 
{
       public void Add(K key, K2 key2, T addObject)
       {
           if(!ContainsKey(key)) Add(key, 
                  new MultiDimDictList());
           if (!base[key].Contains(key2)) 
               base[key].Add(key2, addObject);
       }    
}