"Tag" strings inside List<>

Question

I have three types of strings which I need to put into single a List in a particular order. By 'three types' I mean that there are three ways of treating a string. I thought of using a struct like this to put in the list:

struct Chunk
{
    public char Type;   // 'A', 'B' or 'C'.
    public string Text;
}

Maybe there's a better way of marking a string with how it should be processed?

Answer 1

You can use an enum. This will give you Intellisense and error checking.

struct Chunk
{
    public TheType Type;   // 'A', 'B' or 'C'.
    public string Text;
}

enum TheType { A, B, C }