idictionary – Tarik Billa

Convert List of KeyValuePair into IDictionary “C#”

April 19, 2023 by Tarik

Very, very simply with LINQ: IDictionary<string, string> dictionary = list.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => pair.Value); Note that this will fail if there are any duplicate keys – I assume that’s okay?

Recreating a Dictionary from an IEnumerable

October 15, 2022 by Tarik

If you’re using .NET 3.5 or .NET 4, it’s easy to create the dictionary using LINQ: Dictionary<string, ArrayList> result = target.GetComponents() .ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value); There’s no such thing as an IEnumerable<T1, T2> but a KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> is fine.