Re: Get Dictionary key by value

Ali Imam

Using LINQ

Dim RelatedKeys As String = (From kvp As KeyValuePair(Of String, String) In dicFieldsName Where kvp.Value = sel.Trim() Select kvp).First().Key

> On Monday, September 22, 2008 4:42 AM ciupazNoSpamGrazi wrote:

> Hi all,
> having a dictionary of <int, string> (C# 2.0) is there a way to retrieve the
> key for a specific value (of type string)?
> Obviously I populate the Dictionary with not duplicated strings.
>
> Thanks a lot.
> --
> Luigi


>> On Monday, September 22, 2008 5:28 AM Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...by+value&meta=
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Rae
>> ASP.NET MVP
>> http://www.markrae.net


>>> On Monday, September 22, 2008 7:04 AM Jon Skeet [C# MVP] wrote:

>>> Luigi <ciupazNoSpamGrazie@inwind.it> wrote:
>>>
>>> No - a dictionary is a one way mapping. If you want to be able to map
>>> both ways, you need two dictionaries.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.com>
>>> Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
>>> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
>>> C# in Depth: http://csharpindepth.com


>>>> On Monday, September 22, 2008 9:24 AM OD wrote:

>>>> dictionnaries are "one way". you'll have to iterate or use a second
>>>> dictionnary.
>>>>
>>>> You said you're using C# 2.0, so just to show you what C#3.0 can bring,
>>>> you can simplify your code using a Linq query like this (case
>>>> insensitive search of string "two" in a dictionnary "dic"
>>>> dictionnary<int,string>) :
>>>>
>>>> var key = (from k in dic where string.Compare(k.Value, "two", true) ==
>>>> 0 select k.Key).FirstOrDefault();
>>>> Console.WriteLine(key);
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OD___
>>>> www.e-naxos.com


>>>>> On Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:04 AM Marc Gravell wrote:

>>>>> Probably the easiest option here is to loop over the pairs;
>>>>>
>>>>> public static int? FindKey(
>>>>> this IDictionary<int, string> lookup,
>>>>> string value)
>>>>> {
>>>>> foreach (var pair in lookup)
>>>>> {
>>>>> if (pair.Value == value)
>>>>> return pair.Key;
>>>>> }
>>>>> return null;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Which you can then call via:
>>>>>
>>>>> Dictionary<int, string> lookup = new Dictionary<int,
>>>>> string>(); // etc
>>>>> int? value = lookup.FindKey("abc");
>>>>> if (value.HasValue)
>>>>> {
>>>>> Console.WriteLine("Found it: " + value.Value);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Marc


>>>>>> On Friday, February 20, 2009 9:21 PM Tom Jackson wrote:

>>>>>> Assuming you have a "deletedMsgs" dictionary and you want to remove a message from the "failedPosts" queue, but you need the failedPosts key that matches the value found in deletedMsgs....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int keyFound = 0;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> foreach (KeyValuePair<Guid, string> deleteEvent in deletedMsgs)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Console.WriteLine("Found deleted: " + deleteEvent.Value);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // Check our dictionary to see if we're trying to repost
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // a message that was deleted in a later event
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (failedPosts.ContainsValue(deleteEvent.Value))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Console.WriteLine("Found " + deleteEvent.Value + " in failed posts and will be deleted.");
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // We found a failed post that was deleted
>>>>>>
>>>>>> // Get its key and remove it from the failedPosts dictionary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> foreach (KeyValuePair<int, string> failedKeyVal in failedPosts)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (deleteEvent.Value == failedKeyVal.Value)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> keyFound = failedKeyVal.Key;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> failedPosts.Remove(keyFound);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Console.WriteLine("removed key: " + keyFound);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }


>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:46 PM namdia wrote:

>>>>>>> public int findMyValue(Dictionary<int,strnig> myDic, string val)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> foreach(int key in myDic.Keys)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> if ( myDic[key ] == val)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> return key ;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>> return null;
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ciupazNoSpamGrazi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get Dictionary key by value
>>>>>>> 22-Sep-08
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>> having a dictionary of <int, string> (C# 2.0) is there a way to retrieve the
>>>>>>> key for a specific value (of type string)?
>>>>>>> Obviously I populate the Dictionary with not duplicated strings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Previous Posts In This Thread:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ciupazNoSpamGrazi wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get Dictionary key by value
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>> having a dictionary of <int, string> (C# 2.0) is there a way to retrieve the
>>>>>>> key for a specific value (of type string)?
>>>>>>> Obviously I populate the Dictionary with not duplicated strings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re: Get Dictionary key by value
>>>>>>> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...by+value&meta=
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Mark Rae
>>>>>>> ASP.NET MVP
>>>>>>> http://www.markrae.net
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jon Skeet [C# MVP] wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re: Get Dictionary key by value
>>>>>>> No - a dictionary is a one way mapping. If you want to be able to map
>>>>>>> both ways, you need two dictionaries.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
>>>>>>> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
>>>>>>> C# in Depth:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OD wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dictionnaries are "one way".
>>>>>>> dictionnaries are "one way". you will have to iterate or use a second
>>>>>>> dictionnary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You said you are using C# 2.0, so just to show you what C#3.0 can bring,
>>>>>>> you can simplify your code using a Linq que
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Marc Gravell wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably the easiest option here is to loop over the pairs; public
>>>>>>> Probably the easiest option here is to loop over the pairs;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> public static int? FindKey(
>>>>>>> this IDictionary<int, string> lookup,
>>>>>>> string value)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> foreach (var pair in lookup)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>> if (pair.Value == value)
>>>>>>> r
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tom Jackson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Get dictionary key by value
>>>>>>> Assuming you have a "deletedMsgs" dictionary and you want to remove a message from the "failedPosts" queue, but you need the failedPosts key that matches the value found in deletedMsgs....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> int keyFou
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:58 PM Peter Duniho wrote:

>>>>>>>> namdia wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That does not compile. Even if we fix the spelling error, that is not a
>>>>>>>> very efficient way to perform the search. Much better to just enumerate
>>>>>>>> the KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> instances in the Dictionary<TKey,
>>>>>>>> TValue>, examining the Value property of each. That way, no additional
>>>>>>>> overhead of looking up the value by key has to be incurred.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And oddly enough, that more-efficient approach -- enumerating the pairs
>>>>>>>> -- is in fact that Marc Gravell recommended to the original poster, OVER
>>>>>>>> A YEAR AGO when the question was first asked. Why you are replying now,
>>>>>>>> with a suggestion that is less efficient, I am a bit puzzled by.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Pete


>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:00 PM Scott M. wrote:

>>>>>>>>> Aside from the fact that you cannot return null on a method that is not
>>>>>>>>> marked as void, what is wrong with the code that you have?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Scott


>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:24 PM Jeff Johnson wrote:

>>>>>>>>>> Wait, what? Did you mean "int" instead of "void"?


>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:46 PM Peter Duniho wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That would not have made sense either. If you want to return "null", you
>>>>>>>>>>> have to be returning a nullable type. For example, "int?"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When presented with a poor code example, it can be difficult to
>>>>>>>>>>> correctly find and describe _every_ problem with it. On the bright
>>>>>>>>>>> side, it is unlikely that exact code example will ever make it into a
>>>>>>>>>>> real program, even with the errors corrected.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Pete


>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:29 PM Jeff Johnson wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>> I mentally made a second correction (removal of "not") that I failed to type
>>>>>>>>>>>> out. Here is what I was envisioning the statement should have been: "Aside
>>>>>>>>>>>> from the fact that you cannot return null on a method that is marked as int."


>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:56 PM Peter Duniho wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, that makes sense too.


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 25, 2010 2:24 AM Ali Imam wrote:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can get key using LINQ
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dim RelatedKeys As String = (
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From kvp As KeyValuePair(Of String, String)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In dicFieldsName Where kvp.Value = sel.Trim() Select kvp).First().Key


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