[Solved] Making a List in C# with three flexible elements in one datatype

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“I do not need a solution with saying me to make my own class. I definitely will not re-invent an already existing data-type!” List<string,string,string> is not an already existing data type. You probably did something like this in the past;

// Another simple way would be to create a class which has a constructor to hold the three strings
    public class PairedValues
    {
        // These are just simple ways of creating a getter and setter in c#
        public string value1 { get; set; }
        public string value2 { get; set; }
        public string value3 { get; set; }

        // A constructor which sets all your getters and setters
        public PairedValues(string Value1, string Value2, string Value3)
        {
            value1 = Value1;
            value2 = Value2;
            value3 = Value3;
        }
    }

Making use of the class;

        // Simply initialize a list of your new class
        List<PairedValues> pairedValues = new List<PairedValues>();
        // add you object to the list anonymously 
        pairedValues.Add(new PairedValues("string1","string2","string3"));
        pairedValues.Add(new PairedValues("string1", "string2", "string3"));

        // Accessing the values
        foreach (PairedValues pair in pairedValues)
        {
            string value1 = pair.value1;
            string value2 = pair.value2;
            string value3 = pair.value3;
        }

An example using this in windows forms;

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication2
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        // Another simple way would be to create a class which has a constructor to hold the three strings
        public class PairedValues
        {
            public string value1 { get; set; }
            public string value2 { get; set; }
            public string value3 { get; set; }

            public PairedValues(string Value1, string Value2, string Value3)
            {
                value1 = Value1;
                value2 = Value2;
                value3 = Value3;
            }
        }

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            // Simply initialize a list of your new class
            List<PairedValues> pairedValues = new List<PairedValues>();
            pairedValues.Add(new PairedValues("string1", "string2", "string3"));
            pairedValues.Add(new PairedValues("string1", "string2", "string3"));

            // Accessing the values
            foreach (PairedValues pair in pairedValues)
            {
                string value1 = pair.value1;
                string value2 = pair.value2;
                string value3 = pair.value3;
            }
        }
    }
}

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solved Making a List in C# with three flexible elements in one datatype