Convert a C# string array to a dictionary

Question

Is there an elegant way of converting this string array:

string[] a = new[] {\"name\", \"Fred\", \"colour\", \"green\", \"sport\", \"tennis\"};

Answer 1

Since it's an array I would do this:

var result = Enumerable.Range(0,a.Length/2)
                       .ToDictionary(x => a[2 * x], x => a[2 * x + 1]);