There are two types of collections in C#: non-generic collections and generic collections.
Generics in C#
Generic collections hold elements of same datatypes.
For example −
- List
- Dictionary
- Hashset
Dictionary − Dictionary is a collection of keys and values in C#. Dictionary <TKey, TValue> is included in the System.Collection.Generics namespace.
Hashset − HashSet in C# eliminates duplicate strings or elements in an array.In C#, it is an optimized set collection.
Non-Generics in C#
Non-generic collections hold elements of different datatypes.
The following are the non-generic collections: ArrayList, BitArray.
ArrayList − It represents ordered collection of an object that can be indexed individually. ArrayList is an alternative to an array. However, unlike array you can add and remove items from a list at a specified position using an index and the array resizes itself automatically.
BitArray − It represents an array of the binary representation using the values 1 and 0. It is used when you need to store the bits but do not know the number of bits in advance.