Can I use Square Brackets to pull a value from a class

Question

I have a class that has the variable "Magic". This is a 4 char string. Can I do something like this in C#?

string offset = chunkList["_blf"].offset;

*Assume that "chunkList" is an IList/List of "chunk" objects.

Answer 1

You could use something like this:

string offset = chunkList.Find(x => x.Magic == "_blf").offset;

Better is to check if Find retuns null:

Chunk chunk = chunkList.Find(x => x.Magic == "_blf");
if (chunk != null)
    offset = chunk.offset;

Answer 2

Yes, you can create an indexer on your class:

public string this[string s]
{
    get
    {
        // retrieve value
    }
    set
    {
        // set value
    }
}