Concatenate variable names in c#

Question

In my wp7 application I do a web request that returns a status code like 100, 110, etc. Each status code is associated with a status message. This status messages are localized in my application.

E.g.

m100 'OK'
m110 'Text was empty'

I want to show this text in a message box like this. contents gives us the status code as string value.

var s = 
    MessageBox.Show(AppResources.m100, AppResources.Notice, MessageBoxButton.OK);

But I don't want to specify a message box for each message. I want to handle this in a dynamic way like this.

var s = 
    MessageBox.Show(AppResources.m+contents, AppResources.Notice, 
                    MessageBoxButton.OK);

Any idea how to do this?

Instead of trying to access the name of the variable, you can try to use a Dictionnay like structure (or hashmap, hashtable, etc..) to store the messages and use m100, m110... as a key to access them. That way you will have your message by doing: myDictionnary.get(M100) — Mesop
– Mesop, Commented Apr 7, 2012 at 10:59
@olchauvin, I think the AppResources class is generated from a resource file, so the dictionary is already there. — svick
– svick, Commented Apr 7, 2012 at 11:00

svick · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07 10:58:21Z

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You should be able to use the ResourceManager to get the value:

AppResources.ResourceManager.GetString("m" + contents)

answered Apr 7, 2012 at 10:58

svick

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