Proper way to initialize a C# dictionary with values?

Question

I am creating a dictionary in a C# file with the following code:

private readonly Dictionary FILE_TYPE_DICT
        = new Dictiona         


        

Answer 1

You can initialize a Dictionary (and other collections) inline. Each member is contained with braces:

Dictionary students = new Dictionary
{
    { 111, new StudentName { FirstName = "Sachin", LastName = "Karnik", ID = 211 } },
    { 112, new StudentName { FirstName = "Dina", LastName = "Salimzianova", ID = 317 } },
    { 113, new StudentName { FirstName = "Andy", LastName = "Ruth", ID = 198 } }
};

See MSDN for details.