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Why does sorted list have to have a key value pair?

If I just want a sorted list of just dates, integers, or doubles is it really necessary to have to define a SortedList(of Integer, Integer)?

Seems intriguing to me, but may just be trival. I'd prefer just to use a SortedList(of Integer).

(This question is in relation to the .Net generic collections)

Solution

  • The next version of .NET (4.0) will have the SortedSet class that exactly does what you want. Until then, encapsulating SortedList gets closest – unless you want to implement an own class to do this, or use external collection libraries (e.g. C5 which has a SortedArray and a TreeSet class).