C#•3y ago

❔ Help with choosing between ArrayList and other types of collections

I was challenged to make a pokémon styled game without using classes and I wanted to know better ways to store pokémons and their respective moves. Maybe a 2D array? I'm not sure. Also, the variable and method names are in Italian.

Program.cs4.61KB

ero•3/27/23, 5:21 PM

easy: do not ever ever ever ever use ArrayList

ero•3/27/23, 5:21 PM

(which, by the way, is a class)

blinkbat•3/27/23, 5:44 PM

depending on what you want to do with the items, you might want an array, enumerable, or list.

Eero easy: do not ever ever ever ever use ArrayList

gabbyanOP•3/27/23, 5:46 PM

why exactly?

Eero (which, by the way, is a class)

gabbyanOP•3/27/23, 5:47 PM

I didn't clarify well enough: I cannot CREATE classes myself

Ggabbyan why exactly?

ero•3/27/23, 5:59 PM

it is a 30 year old class and has been superceded by multiple classes

ero•3/27/23, 5:59 PM

List<T>List<T>, T[]T[]

gabbyanOP•3/27/23, 5:59 PM

gabbyanOP•3/27/23, 6:00 PM

sorry

gabbyanOP•3/27/23, 6:00 PM

I started coding in c# less than a week ago so I know basically nothing

Kouhai•3/27/23, 6:21 PM

The main reasons to avoid it is because ArrayList isn't generic.

Ggabbyan I didn't clarify well enough: I cannot CREATE classes myself

blinkbat•3/28/23, 4:37 PM

very strange requirement for working in c#

blinkbat•3/28/23, 4:38 PM

are you allowed to use structs or records

gabbyanOP•3/28/23, 4:38 PM

yep

Bblinkbat very strange requirement for working in c#

gabbyanOP•3/28/23, 4:38 PM

I know

Accord•3/29/23, 4:51 PM

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