Transform a DataTable into Dictionary C#

Question

I want to know how to transform a DataTable into a Dictionary. I did something like this.

using System.Linq;

internal Dictionary GetDict(Da         


        

Answer 1

Given solutions assume only 2 columns. In case you want multi column representation, you need a list of dictionary

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        dt.Columns.Add("Column1");
        dt.Columns.Add("Column2");
        dt.Columns.Add("Column3");
        dt.Rows.Add(1, "first", "A");
        dt.Rows.Add(2, "second", "B");

        var dictTable = DataTableToDictionaryList(dt);
        var rowCount = dictTable.Count;
        var colCount = dictTable[0].Count;

        //Linq version
        var dictTableFromLinq = dt.AsEnumerable().Select(
                // ...then iterate through the columns...  
                row => dt.Columns.Cast().ToDictionary(
                    // ...and find the key value pairs for the dictionary  
                    column => column.ColumnName,    // Key  
                    column => row[column] as string // Value  
                    )
                ).ToList();
    }

    public static List> DataTableToDictionaryList(DataTable dt)
    {
        var result = new List>();
        //or var result = new List>();

        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
            var dictRow = new Dictionary();
            foreach (DataColumn col in dt.Columns)
            {
                dictRow.Add(col.ColumnName, row[col]);
                //or dictRow.Add(col.ColumnName, row[col].ToString());
            }

            result.Add(dictRow);
        }

        return result;
    }
}