Question

My input is XElement object – and i need to convert this object to Dictionary

The XElement is look like this

 <Root>
    <child1>1</child1>
    <child2>2</child2>
    <child3>3</child3>
    <child4>4</child4>
 </Root>

And the output that i actually need to return is

Dictionary that look like this

[ Child1, 1 ]
[ Child2, 2 ]
[ Child3, 3 ]
[ Child4, 4 ]

How can i do it ?

thanks for any help.

Answer 1

You’re looking for the ToDictionary() method:

root.Elements().ToDictionary(x => x.Name.LocalName, x => x.Value)