CollectionExtensionsToDictionaryTKey, TValue(IEnumerableKeyValuePairTKey, TValue) Method

Creates a Dictionary{TKey, TValue} from an IEnumerable{KeyValuePair{TKey, TValue}}.

Namespace: TomsToolbox.Essentials
Assembly: TomsToolbox.Essentials (in TomsToolbox.Essentials.dll) Version: 2.21.0+44d18b541fc9419ec3c549350a832394661b2a4d
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

Syntax

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public static Dictionary<TKey, TValue> ToDictionary<TKey, TValue>(
	this IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>> items
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ToDictionary(Of TKey, TValue) ( 
	items As IEnumerable(Of KeyValuePair(Of TKey, TValue))
) As Dictionary(Of TKey, TValue)

Parameters

items IEnumerableKeyValuePairTKey, TValue: The items containing the key-value pairs.

Type Parameters

TKey: The type of the key.
TValue: The type of the value.

Return Value

DictionaryTKey, TValue
The dictionary

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableKeyValuePairTKey, TValue. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Any of the keys is null.
ArgumentException	Any of the keys is duplicate.

Reference

CollectionExtensions Class

ToDictionary Overload

TomsToolbox.Essentials Namespace