How to refer to items in Dictionary<string, string> by integer index?
c#, dictionary, indexing
Solution
You can't. And your question infers your belief that `Dictionary<TKey, TValue>` is an ordered list. It is not. If you need an ordered dictionary, this type isn't for you.
Perhaps OrderedDictionary is your friend. It provides integer indexing.
Problem
I made a Dictionary`<string, string>` collection so that I can quickly reference the items by their string identifier. But I now also need to access this collective by index counter (foreach won't work in my real example). What do I have to do to the collection below so that I can access its items via integer index as well? ``` using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; namespace TestDict92929 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Dictionary<string, string> events = new Dictionary<string, string>(); events.Add("first", "this is the first one"); events.Add("second", "this is the second one"); events.Add("third", "this is the third one"); string description = events["second"]; Console.WriteLine(description); string description = events[1]; //error Console.WriteLine(description); } } } ```