Question

How to convert a String[] to an IDictionary<String, String>?

The values at the indices 0,2,4,… shall be keys, and consequently values at the indices 1,3,5,… shall be values.

Example:

new[] { "^BI", "connectORCL", "^CR", "connectCR" }

=>

new Dictionary<String, String> {{"^BI", "connectORCL"}, {"^CR", "connectCR"}};

Answer 1

Dictionary<string,string> ArrayToDict(string[] arr)
{
    if(arr.Length%2!=0)
        throw new ArgumentException("Array doesn't contain an even number of entries");
    Dictionary<string,string> dict=new Dictionary<string,string>();
    for(int i=0;i<arr.Length/2;i++)
    {
      string key=arr[2*i];
      string value=arr[2*i+1];
      dict.Add(key,value);
    }
    return dict;
}