Convert a delimted string to a dictionary in C#

Question

I have a string of the format \"key1=value1;key2=value2;key3=value3;\"

I need to convert it to a dictionary for the above mentioned key value pairs.

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Answer 1

You could write it like this or loop over it to do it yourself. Either way. Ultimately, you're splitting on ; to get the item pairs, then on = to get the key and value.

string input = "key1=value1;key2=value2;key3=value3;";
Dictionary dictionary =
    input.TrimEnd(';').Split(';').ToDictionary(item => item.Split('=')[0], item => item.Split('=')[1]);

Loop version:

Dictionary dictionary = new Dictionary();
string[] items = input.TrimEnd(';').Split(';');
foreach (string item in items)
{
    string[] keyValue = item.Split('=');
    dictionary.Add(keyValue[0], keyValue[1]);
}