Prior to this feature dictionaries had to be initialized with Add()
calls or by using the collection initializer syntax with a necessary LINQ transformation.
Code
C#
var phonetics = new Dictionary<string, string>()
{
["A"] = "Alpha",
["B"] = "Bravo",
["C"] = "Charlie",
["D"] = "Delta",
["E"] = "Echo"
};
C#
var phonetics = new Dictionary<string, string>();
phonetics.Add("A", "Alpha");
phonetics.Add("B", "Bravo");
phonetics.Add("C", "Charlie");
phonetics.Add("D", "Delta");
phonetics.Add("E", "Echo");
C#
var phonetics = new[]
{ "Alpha", "Bravo", "Charlie", "Delta", "Echo" }
.ToDictionary(k => k.Substring(1), v => v);
Notes
- When creating a dictionary if there is something on the value that can derive the key create an array of the values and then
ToDictionary()
with the key specification