How to split string into a dictionary

Question

I have this string

string sx="(colorIndex=3)(font.family=Helvetica)(font.bold=1)"; 

and am splitting it with

string [] ss=sx.Split(new char[] { '(', ')' },     StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 

Instead of that, how could I split the result into a Dictionary<string,string>? The resulting dictionary should look like:

Key          Value colorIndex   3 font.family  Helvetica font.bold    1 

Answer 1

It can be done using LINQ ToDictionary() extension method:

string s1 = "(colorIndex=3)(font.family=Helvicta)(font.bold=1)"; string[] t = s1.Split(new[] { '(', ')' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);  Dictionary<string, string> dictionary =                       t.ToDictionary(s => s.Split('=')[0], s => s.Split('=')[1]); 

EDIT: The same result can be achieved without splitting twice:

Dictionary<string, string> dictionary =            t.Select(item => item.Split('=')).ToDictionary(s => s[0], s => s[1]); 

Answer 2

There may be more efficient ways, but this should work:

string sx = "(colorIndex=3)(font.family=Helvicta)(font.bold=1)";  var items = sx.Split(new[] { '(', ')' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)     .Select(s => s.Split(new[] { '=' }));  Dictionary<string, string> dict = new Dictionary<string, string>(); foreach (var item in items) {     dict.Add(item[0], item[1]); }