Converting String Pairs to IDictionary?

[coconet]

I have a string like this

mystring = "color1:blue;color2:red";

I am tring to convert this into an IDictionary populated like this:
color1 blue
color2 red

My non-working syntax is

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict =
new Dictionary<string>(mystring.Split(';').ToDictionar y()
).Split(':');

Help?

[Anthony Jones]

"coconet" <co*****@community.nospamwrote in message
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>
I have a string like this

mystring = "color1:blue;color2:red";

I am tring to convert this into an IDictionary populated like this:
color1 blue
color2 red

My non-working syntax is

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict =
new Dictionary<string>(mystring.Split(';').ToDictionar y()
).Split(':');

Try this:- (untested)

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict = new Dictionary<string,string>()
foreach(string[] item in splitItems(mystring.Split(';')))
tempdict.Add(item[0], item[1]);

private static IEnumerable<string[]splitItems(string input)
{
foreach (string item in input.Split(';'))
yield return item.Split(':');
}

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Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

[coconet]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately I am working with an instance class
so i can't do an extension method (I think that's what you're doing).

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:10:00 +0100, "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwrote:

>"coconet" <co*****@community.nospamwrote in message
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>>
I have a string like this

mystring = "color1:blue;color2:red";

I am tring to convert this into an IDictionary populated like this:
color1 blue
color2 red

My non-working syntax is

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict =
new Dictionary<string>(mystring.Split(';').ToDictionar y()
).Split(':');

Try this:- (untested)

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict = new Dictionary<string,string>()
foreach(string[] item in splitItems(mystring.Split(';')))
tempdict.Add(item[0], item[1]);

private static IEnumerable<string[]splitItems(string input)
{
foreach (string item in input.Split(';'))
yield return item.Split(':');
}

[Anthony Jones]

"coconet" <co*****@community.nospamwrote in message
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>
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately I am working with an instance class
so i can't do an extension method (I think that's what you're doing).

Its not an extension method.

Just because you are working on code designed to run as an instance method
doesn't mean it can't call static methods. I tend to make any method that
doesn't need instance members static. As a private method it doesn't really
matter that much whether its marked as static or not. It just seems more
correct to me.
--
Anthony Jones - MVP ASP/ASP.NET

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:10:00 +0100, "Anthony Jones"
<An*@yadayadayada.comwrote:

"coconet" <co*****@community.nospamwrote in message
news:6v********************************@4ax.com...

>
I have a string like this

mystring = "color1:blue;color2:red";

I am tring to convert this into an IDictionary populated like this:
color1 blue
color2 red

My non-working syntax is

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict =
new Dictionary<string>(mystring.Split(';').ToDictionar y()
).Split(':');

Try this:- (untested)

IDictionary<string,stringtempdict = new Dictionary<string,string>()
foreach(string[] item in splitItems(mystring.Split(';')))
tempdict.Add(item[0], item[1]);

private static IEnumerable<string[]splitItems(string input)
{
foreach (string item in input.Split(';'))
yield return item.Split(':');
}