Question

I have a method that takes a dictionary as a parameter like this:

void Do(Dictionary<string,string> d)

I would like to create a method that I would be able to call just like the dictionary collection initializer, like this:

Do({"sadfs","sdfsa"}, {"sadda","sada"}, ...);

anybody knows how to do this?

Answer 1

You can’t – you can use a collection initializer, but you do have to specify the type:

Do(new Dictionary<string, string> { {"x", "y"}, {"a", "b" } });

If the dictionary is going to be the same every time and you know that the method doesn’t mutate it, I’d extract it to a static readonly variable, which has the benefit that you can give it a meaningful name.