Generic Key/Value pair collection in that preserves insertion order?

Question

I\'m looking for something like a Dictionary however with a guarantee that it preserves insertion order. Since Dictionary is a hashtable, I do not think it does.<

Answer 1

Code:

//A SortedDictionary is sorted on the key (not value)
System.Collections.Generic.SortedDictionary testSortDic = new SortedDictionary();

//Add some values with the keys out of order
testSortDic.Add("key5", "value 1");
testSortDic.Add("key3", "value 2");
testSortDic.Add("key2", "value 3");
testSortDic.Add("key4", "value 4");
testSortDic.Add("key1", "value 5"); 

//Display the elements.  
foreach (KeyValuePair kvp in testSortDic)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, value = {1}", kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
}

Output:

Key = key1, value = value 5
Key = key2, value = value 3
Key = key3, value = value 2
Key = key4, value = value 4
Key = key5, value = value 1