Hashtable within Hashtable

[michael_jhons]

hello everybody, i'm retreiving data(API) with JSON format and i'm parsing it inside a hashtable, it seems like some specific keys have a value= hashtable(or arraylist!) below is how i'm extractin the the first layer value

foreach (object objResult in jsonResults)
{
Hashtable jsonResult = (Hashtable)objResult;
dt.Rows.Add(jsonResult["city"].ToString(), jsonResult["reviews"].ToString(), jsonResult["avg_rating"].ToString(), jsonResult["rating_img_url"].ToString());
}

the problem is where the values are equal to arraylist i'm not able to extract them Is there any way to extract the second layer keys and values? (btw i'm very new to hashtables and arraylists) Thank you in advance

[Abhinav S]

Yes. You need to access the second level values using their keys and then putting them into your string. e.g. Dictionary x = (Dictionary)jsonResult["reviews"]; string res = x["mySecondLevelReviews"].ToString();

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[_Erik_]

Since your data seems to be in JSON format, you might want to use JsonReaderWriterFactory[^] class. It will become much easier to parse.

[michael_jhons]

thank you Abhinav for your help, i did apply what you've suggested withoout any luck, i just want to highlight that jsonResult["reviews"].GetType()= Arraylist what should i set the the type of keys and values in Dictionary Dictionary ? thank you again for your concern