Multidimensional Associative Arrays in VB.NET?

is there in VB.NET something like this in ph开发者_C百科p?:

$var["a1"]['name']="Mike";
$var["a1"]['nick']="MMM";

I tried hashtables, dictionary, lists and arrays in .net, all I could get is a simple key=>value array Is there a simple solution if not, is there a class or something for this?

Thanks.

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You could always create a structure and place that into a dictionary.

Something like this:

Private Structure Person
  Public Name as String
  Public Nick as String
End Structure

Then your dictionary like this:

  Dim myDictionary as Collections.Generic.Dictionary(Of String, Person)