public bool addLexWords(params string[] vargs) { ICollection <LexWord> lexWords = CollectionFactory.CreateQueue <LexWord>(); bool containsKey = false; // number of arguments must be key (1) + lexWord pairs ( x * 2 ) if (vargs.Length % 2 != 1) { return(false); } string key = vargs[0].ToUpper(); if (this.ContainsKey(key)) { containsKey = true; } for (int i = 1; i < vargs.Length; ++i) { try { if (containsKey) { this.Get(key).Add(new LexWord(vargs[i], TextFactory.ParseFloat(vargs[i + 1]))); } else { lexWords.Add(new LexWord(vargs[i], TextFactory.ParseFloat(vargs[i + 1]))); } ++i; } catch (NumberFormatException) { System.Console.WriteLine("Supplied args have incorrect format."); return(false); } } if (!containsKey) { this.Put(key, lexWords); } return(true); }