Is there anyway to handy convert a dictionary to String?

Question

I found the default implemtation of ToString in the dictionary is not what I want. I would like to have {key=value, ***}.

Any handy way to get it?

Answer 1

No handy way. You'll have to roll your own.

public static string ToPrettyString(this IDictionary dict)
{
    var str = new StringBuilder();
    str.Append("{");
    foreach (var pair in dict)
    {
        str.Append(String.Format(" {0}={1} ", pair.Key, pair.Value));
    }
    str.Append("}");
    return str.ToString();
}