Access Violation: Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'object'

Question

I have the following variable: _Data.

The variable contains the following info: _Data Variable

How can i access the message field?

I tried _Data["messages"][0] - but it not wokring.

I recieved the following error: Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'object'

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks.

The Image doesn't load.Can you place the code directly in the question itself? — Steven, Oct 11 '17 at 08:31
Please input further information about your variable. What type is it? Why should it have an indexer? For now i'm guessing you are using a List of KeyValuePair which could be the problem. — DavidVollmers, Oct 11 '17 at 08:45

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 11 '17 at 08:48

What am i doing wrong?

_Data["messages"]

is returning type object. You need to cast it to List<string> or IList<string> in order to use an indexer.

var indexable = _Data["messages"] as IList<string>; // The image is cut off - not sure if this should be string or not
if (indexable != null)
    return indexable[0];

Access Violation: Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'object'

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