Comparing two dictionaries for equal data in c#?

Question

I have two dictionaries containing a string key and then an object. The object contains five fields. Is there an elegant way to ensure both dictionaries first contain the same k

Answer 1

In this case you can just use the SequenceEquals()-Method, like following:

   Dictionary d1 = new Dictionary();
   d1.Add("first", new { Name = "TestName", Age = 12, ID = 001 }); 

   Dictionary d2 = new Dictionary();
   d2.Add("first", new { Name = "TestName", Age = 12, ID = 001 });

   Console.WriteLine(d1.SequenceEqual(d2)); //outputs True                

Note: For simplicity i used implicit classes to fill the Dictionaries. The code will work the same way with any objects. The hashcodes of both dictionaries are not equal, which can be easily verified by doing the following:

   Console.WriteLine(d1.GetHashCode() + " " + d2.GetHashCode()); //outputs different hashcodes