Nested keys?

[Rogerio]

Can I create nested keys?

[Joel]

Hi there,

Nested keys aren't possible. However, you could create two separate keys and achieve the same thing. For example you could have a key named "parentKey" and then a key named "parentkey_childkey".

All the best,
Joel

[Rogerio]

Not the same because if I deleted "parentkey" then "parentkey_child" would still exist.
I was hoping to cut my work short.
Unless there's a way i can delete every key starting with "parentkey"?

[Joel]

Hi there,

Key/value collections do not work in this way unfortunately, much in the same way that you can't have nested keys in a C# dictionary. If you wish to nest data in this way then you would need to create a class which represents that structure. For example:

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public class Parent
{
    public string child;
}

And then save:

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ES3.Save("parentKey", myParentClass);

Then to load:

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string child = ES3.Load<Parent>("parentKey").child;

And to delete:

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ES3.DeleteKey("parentKey");

Hope this helps.

All the best,
Joel