Setting value in jagged dictionary sets all values

I have a jagged dictionary:

 Dictionary<string, Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, string>>> tierOptions = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, string>>>();

Later on, I have code that sets one of those values in the array:

 tierOptions[optionID][npID]["tName"] = cboTier.Text;

The problem is that when it runs through this portion of code, all "tName" elements are set to cboTier.Text instead of just the one element.

For instance if optionID was 1 and npID was 8, and I had these three:

 tierOptions[1][8]["tName"]
 tierOptions[2][8]["tName"]
 tierOpti开发者_Go百科ons[3][8]["tName"]

That particular line of code would set all three, instead of just tierOptions[1][8]["tName"]

Any idea why it is doing this? Thanks!

It sounds simply like you have used the same dictionary instance in several "dimensions" (your terminology). Since this is a reference, they are all shared (there is no automatic clone-into-isolated-copies here).

When filling the data, take care to use isolated dictionary instances when the data should be separate.

Yep, I would say the sae as Marc. Please take a look at this example how you can retreive the vlaue from your type of Dictionary:

        Dictionary<string, Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, string>>> dic = new Dictionary<string, Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, string>>>();
        //add to 1st dic:
        dic.Add("A", new Dictionary<int, Dictionary<string, string>>());
        //add to 2nd dic:
        dic["A"].Add(1, new Dictionary<string, string>());
        //add to 3rd dic:
        dic["A"][1].Add("a", "value 1");

        //string KeyIn3rdDic = dic["A"][1].ToString();
        string ValueIn3rdDic = dic["A"][1]["a"]; //result is "value 1";