Question

Dictionary<string, string> optionDictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();  optionDictionary = ....;  SortedDictionary<string, string> optionsSorted;  if(sorting) {    optionsSorted = new SortedDictionary<string, string>(optionDictionary );    // Convert SortedDictionary into Dictionary }  return optionDictionary ; 

Answer 1

You can pass in your optionsSorted<TKey,TValue> dictionary as a parameter to an instance of a new Dictionary<TKey,TValue>, Like so:

var dictionary = new Dictionary<type1,type2>(optionsSorted);