how to initialize dictionary as (key,value,value) pair in C#

Question

I want to store values as key,value,value pair. My data is of type

Key -> int & both values -> ulong,

How to initialize & fet

Answer 1

Create a Tuple class, in the System namespace:

public class Tuple
{
    private readonly T1 _item1;
    private readonly T2 _item2;

    public Tuple(T1 item1, T2 item2)
    {
        this._item1 = item1;
        this._item2 = item2;
    }

    public T1 Item1 { get { return _item1; } }

    public T2 Item2 { get { return _item2; } }
}

And a static Tuple class with a Create method so you get type inference which is not available on constructors:

public static class Tuple
{
    public static Tuple Create(T1 item1, T2 item2)
    {
        return new Tuple(item1, item2);
    }
}

Then, when you get onto .NET 4.0, you can delete these classes because they're in the Base Class Library (and are compatible with F# tuples!).