Question

Can we have something like –

Dictionary<string, string> dict = new Dictionary<string, string>();

List<string> keysList=  new List<string>();
List<string>valuesList=  new List<string>();

//Assuming both the list have the same number of items
dict.keys = keysList;
dict.values = valuesList;

Mostly, I want to know if there is a way to populate the keys and values by directly assigning them to a list?

Answer 1

Mostly, I want to know if there is a way to populate the keys and values by directly assigning them to a list?

No, but just zip them and then use ToDictionary:

var dict = keysList.Zip(valuesList, (key, value) => Tuple.Create(key, value))
                   .ToDictionary(pair => pair.Item1, pair => pair.Item2);