C# Compare two dictionaries for equality

Question

I want to compare in C# two dictionaries with as keys a string and as value a list of ints. I assume two dictionaries to be equal when they both ha

Answer 1

I know this question already has an accepted answer, but I'd like to offer an even simpler alternative:

using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Foo
{
    public static class DictionaryExtensionMethods
    {
        public static bool ContentEquals(this Dictionary dictionary, Dictionary otherDictionary)
        {
            return (otherDictionary ?? new Dictionary())
                .OrderBy(kvp => kvp.Key)
                .SequenceEqual((dictionary ?? new Dictionary())
                                   .OrderBy(kvp => kvp.Key));
        }
    }
}