Most elegant way to convert string array into a dictionary of strings

Question

Is there a built-in function for converting a string array into a dictionary of strings or do you need to do a loop here?

Answer 1

You can use LINQ to do this, but the question that Andrew asks should be answered first (what are your keys and values):

using System.Linq;

string[] myArray = new[] { "A", "B", "C" };
myArray.ToDictionary(key => key, value => value);

The result is a dictionary like this:

A -> A
B -> B
C -> C