Dictionary in C#

Introduction:

A Dictionary class represents a dictionary in C# that is used to represent a collection of keys and values pair of data. This article demonstrates how to use a dictionary in C#.





Example:

The following code snippet creates a Dictionary, adds some data to it and reads data back.

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using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Collections.Generic;

 

namespace DictionarySample

{

    class Program

    {

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

           

            Dictionary<string, Int16> AuthorList = new Dictionary<string, Int16>();

 

            AuthorList.Add("Mahesh Chand", 35);

            AuthorList.Add("Mike Gold", 25);

            AuthorList.Add("Praveen Kumar", 29);

            AuthorList.Add("Raj Beniwal", 21);

            AuthorList.Add("Dinesh Beniwal", 84);

 

            // Read all data

            Console.WriteLine("Authors List");

 

            foreach( KeyValuePair<string, Int16> author in AuthorList )

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}",

                    author.Key, author.Value);

            }

 

            Console.ReadKey();

 

        }

    }

}

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