Where clause on linq query against dictionary?

I have fixed the problem of it not listing the data which was related to a wrong field on the spawn dictionary but still i would like to question if the way I am approaching it is ok ?

I have a few checkboxs that if true should add check the item status and include it on the 开发者_StackOverflow中文版list.

So not really knowing what to do, this is what I came up with:

        HashSet<int> status = new HashSet<int>();
        if (OptionsForm.filterPlayer.Checked) status.Add(0);
        if (OptionsForm.filterEnemy.Checked) status.Add(1);
        if (OptionsForm.filterSummon.Checked) status.Add(2);
        if (OptionsForm.filterNPC.Checked) status.Add(3);
        if (OptionsForm.filterObject.Checked) status.Add(4);
        if (OptionsForm.filterMonster.Checked) status.Add(5);
        if (OptionsForm.filterGatherable.Checked) status.Add(6);
        if (OptionsForm.filterUnk.Checked) status.Add(7);

        var query = from SpawnList item in spawnEntities.Values
                    where status.Contains(item.Status)
                    orderby item.Name ascending
                    select item;

But currently it is not returning me any errors or items that should have been returned.

spawnEntities is a dictionary with uint, SpawnList.

SpawnList is a simple class:

public class SpawnList
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Status { get; set; }
    // some more data not needed for the question
}

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it was my mistake, the status on the dictionary was wrong in 1 field and i was not getting what I wanted after listing all the data I noticed it heh, but is it ok to do it like I am doing ?

To avoid such mistakes, I would use enumerations instead of ints - just define

enum SomeStatus
{
    Player,
    Enemy,
    <.etc.>
}

and change

public int Status { get; set; }

into

public SomeStatus Status { get; set; }

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My comment to the previous answered byt further explained. You can use the Flags attribute instead, which will make it easier to check your status.

[Flags]
enum YourEnum
{
     none,
     Val1,
     Val2,
     Val3,
     Val4,
}

Set your status to:

public YourEnum Status {get; set;}

Create your combined status like:

YourStatus status = YourEnum.None;
if(OptionsForm.filterPlayer.Checked) status = status | YourEnum.Val1;
if(OptionsForm.filterEnemy.Checked) status = status | YourEnum.Val2;
<etc>

The you'll get a linq like:

    var query = from SpawnList item in spawnEntities.Values
                where status & itemStatus != YourEnum.None
                orderby item.Name ascending
                select item;

Read more about the flags attribute here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.flagsattribute.aspx