NameValueCollection Class

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;

public class SamplesNameValueCollection  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes a new NameValueCollection.
      NameValueCollection myCol = new NameValueCollection();
      myCol.Add( "red", "rojo" );
      myCol.Add( "green", "verde" );
      myCol.Add( "blue", "azul" );
      myCol.Add( "red", "rouge" );

      // Displays the values in the NameValueCollection in two different ways.
      Console.WriteLine( "Displays the elements using the AllKeys property and the Item (indexer) property:" );
      PrintKeysAndValues( myCol );
      Console.WriteLine( "Displays the elements using GetKey and Get:" );
      PrintKeysAndValues2( myCol );

      // Gets a value either by index or by key.
      Console.WriteLine( "Index 1 contains the value {0}.", myCol[1] );
      Console.WriteLine( "Key \"red\" has the value {0}.", myCol["red"] );
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Copies the values to a string array and displays the string array.
      String[] myStrArr = new String[myCol.Count];
      myCol.CopyTo( myStrArr, 0 );
      Console.WriteLine( "The string array contains:" );
      foreach ( String s in myStrArr )
         Console.WriteLine( "   {0}", s );
      Console.WriteLine();

      // Searches for a key and deletes it.
      myCol.Remove( "green" );
      Console.WriteLine( "The collection contains the following elements after removing \"green\":" );
      PrintKeysAndValues( myCol );

      // Clears the entire collection.
      myCol.Clear();
      Console.WriteLine( "The collection contains the following elements after it is cleared:" );
      PrintKeysAndValues( myCol );

   }

   public static void PrintKeysAndValues( NameValueCollection myCol )  {
      Console.WriteLine( "   KEY        VALUE" );
      foreach ( String s in myCol.AllKeys )
         Console.WriteLine( "   {0,-10} {1}", s, myCol[s] );
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

   public static void PrintKeysAndValues2( NameValueCollection myCol )  {
      Console.WriteLine( "   [INDEX] KEY        VALUE" );
      for ( int i = 0; i < myCol.Count; i++ )
         Console.WriteLine( "   [{0}]     {1,-10} {2}", i, myCol.GetKey(i), myCol.Get(i) );
      Console.WriteLine();
   }


}

/*

This code produces the following output.

Displays the elements using the AllKeys property and the Item (indexer) property:
   KEY        VALUE
   red        rojo,rouge
   green      verde
   blue       azul

Displays the elements using GetKey and Get:
   [INDEX] KEY        VALUE
   [0]     red        rojo,rouge
   [1]     green      verde
   [2]     blue       azul

Index 1 contains the value verde.
Key "red" has the value rojo,rouge.

The string array contains:
   rojo,rouge
   verde
   azul

The collection contains the following elements after removing "green":
   KEY        VALUE
   red        rojo,rouge
   blue       azul

The collection contains the following elements after it is cleared:
   KEY        VALUE


*/