2-D Array

[TheCPUWizard]

changing your structure into 4 generic lists and coupling them with indices would be an offer.

I agree that using a dynamic class (such as List<T>) would be a good way to go, but would almost definately go in the opposite direction

class ARecord
{
   public string Part1 {get; set;}
   public string Part2 {get; set;}
   public string Part3 {get; set;}
}

class MyData : List<ARecord> {}

MUCH easier to work with...

var foo = from myData where p.Part1.Contains("Foo") select p;

ps: I think the word you meant was either "option" or "alternative."..