c# dictionary issue key value already exists.

Question

hello stackoverflow u been trying to read a text file formatted all in one like separated with // example of line

ammoName\Arx\maxAmmo\14\startAmmo\14\clipName\galil_upgraded_zm\clipSize\35\shotCount\1\dropAmmoMin\1\dropAmmoMax\30\dropClipAmmoMin\0\

and i want to load it into a dictionary as key/value so like

key maxAmmo value 14

but only issue i have here is these weapon files have some key values that are the same so i cant use dictionary i will post what i have tryied so far

Dictionary<string, string> WeaponStuff = new Dictionary<string, string>();


        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filename))
        {

            string _line;
            while ((_line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {

                string[] keyvalue = _line.Split('\\');
                for (int i = 0; i < keyvalue.Length; i++)
                {
                    WeaponStuff.Add(keyvalue[i], keyvalue[i + 1]);
                }
            }
        }
        foreach (var key in WeaponStuff.Keys)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(key);//here are all the keys
        }
        textEdit1.Text = WeaponStuff["maxAmmo"];

basically all i want to do is read the file into a list<> or dictionary search up a key and display value in text box

then have a save button and when i hit save it will add all the new values and that form text boxes to the file but not sure how to get it to work as i cant seem to fix this issue

Use a `Dictionary>` so you can store many things with the same key. Make sure when you add the first item to the dictionary you add a new list and then add items to the list. — CodingYoshi, Oct 11 '17 at 02:44
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/146204/duplicate-keys-in-net-dictionaries — Austin T French, Oct 11 '17 at 02:47
Yeah only issue i have with this is i have to load in a text file and split at certain point and then get key/values form one line and i never used this method before — Yuuta Togashi, Oct 11 '17 at 12:32

c# dictionary issue key value already exists.

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