Convert a C# string array to a dictionary

Question

Is there an elegant way of converting this string array:

string[] a = new[] {\"name\", \"Fred\", \"colour\", \"green\", \"sport\", \"tennis\"};

Answer 1

How about this ?

    var q = a.Zip(a.Skip(1), (Key, Value) => new { Key, Value })
             .Where((pair,index) => index % 2 == 0)
             .ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => pair.Value);