Question

I am looking at converting the JS slugify function by diegok and he is using this JavaScript construct:

function turkish_map() {
    return {
        'ş':'s', 'Ş':'S', 'ı':'i', 'İ':'I', 'ç':'c', 'Ç':'C', 'ü':'u', 'Ü':'U',
        'ö':'o', 'Ö':'O', 'ğ':'g', 'Ğ':'G'
    };
}

It is a map of char to char translations. However, I don’t know which JS construct is this and how could it be rewritten in C# preferably without spending too much time on rewriting? (There’s more to it, this is just one of the functions).

Should I make an array, dictionary, something else?

Answer 1

Dictionary<char, char> turkish_map() {
    return new Dictionary<char, char> {
        {'ş','s'}, {'Ş','S'}, {'ı','i'}, {'İ','I'} {'ç','c'} , {'Ç','C' }, {'ü','u'}, {'Ü','U'}, {'ö','o'}, {'Ö','O'}, {'ğ','g'}, {'Ğ','G'} }; 
}

The use it like:

turkish_map()['İ'] // returns I

Or you can save it into field and use it without creating it every time.