How to AddRange in a HashTable?

Question

HashTable list = new HashTable();
list.Add(1,"green");
list.Add(2,"blue");
list.Add(3,"red");

How to add these items like addrange in a HashTable?

Answer 1

Although there is no AddRange for a HashTable, you could create an extension to at least mimic the AddRange behaviour. This is a quick answer to hopefully get you going, by no means this isn't the best implementation as there are other alternatives.

Here's an example extension -

 public static void AddRange<T, K>(this Hashtable hash, IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<T,K>> ikv)
 {
     foreach(KeyValuePair<T, K> kvp in ikv)
     {
        if (!hash.ContainsKey(kvp.Key))
        {
           hash.Add(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);                    
        }                
     }
 }

Here's one way you can use it -

Hashtable list = new Hashtable();
list.AddRange(new[] { new KeyValuePair<int, string>(1,"green"), new KeyValuePair<int, string>(2,"blue"), new KeyValuePair<int, string>(3,"red") });

Again, this was a quick example to help you out, hopefully it's enough to get you going.