Is there anyway to handy convert a dictionary to String?

Question

I found the default implemtation of ToString in the dictionary is not what I want. I would like to have {key=value, ***}.

Any handy way to get it?

Answer 1

If you want to use Linq, you could try something like this:

String.Format("{{{0}}}", String.Join(",", test.OrderBy(_kv => _kv.Key).Zip(test, (kv, sec) => String.Join("=", kv.Key, kv.Value))));

where "test" is your dictionary. Note that the first parameter to Zip() is just a placeholder since a null cannot be passed).

If the format is not important, try

String.Join(",", test.OrderBy(kv => kv.Key));

Which will give you something like

[key,value], [key,value],...