parsing string and create Dictionary

Question

I have the following string pattern: 1:2,2:3.

This is like array in one string:
The first element is: 1:2
The second element is: 2:3

I want to parse it and create a dictionary:

1,2 // 0 element in Dictionary  
2,3 // 1 element in Dictionary  

This is my code:

Dictionary<int,int> placesTypes = new Dictionary<int, int>();

foreach (var place in places.Split(','))
{
   var keyValuePair = place.Split(':');
   placesTypes.Add(int.Parse(keyValuePair[0]), int.Parse(keyValuePair[1]));
}

Is there the best way to do this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could change it to this:

var d = s.Split(',')
         .Select(x => x.Split(':'))
         .ToDictionary(x => int.Parse(x[0]), x => int.Parse(x[1]));

Answer 2

Dictionary<int, int> dict = "1:2,2:3".Split(',')
                           .Select(x => x.Split(':'))
                           .ToDictionary(x => int.Parse(x[0]), 
                                         x => int.Parse(x[1]));