Store String Array In appSettings?
I'd like to store a one dimensional string array as an entry in my appSettings
. I can't simply separate elements with ,
or |
because the elements themselves could contain those characters.
I was thinking of storing the array as JSON
then deserializing it using the JavaScriptSerializer
.
Is there a "right" / better way to do this?
(My JSON
idea feels kinda hacky)
You could use the AppSettings with a System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection
.
var myStringCollection = Properties.Settings.Default.MyCollection;
foreach (String value in myStringCollection)
{
// do something
}
Each value is separated by a new line.
Here's a screenshot (german IDE but it might be helpful anyway)
For strings it is easy, simply add the following to your web.config
file:
<add key="myStringArray" value="fred,Jim,Alan" />
and then you can retrieve the value into an array as follows:
var myArray = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["myStringArray"].Split(',');