How to get the list of key in dictionary c#

Question

I never gotten any code I tried to work?. I want to key and not value(yet). Using another array prove to be much work as I use remove also.

Answer 1

You should be able to just look at .Keys:

    Dictionary<string, int> data = new Dictionary<string, int>();
    data.Add("abc", 123);
    data.Add("def", 456);
    foreach (string key in data.Keys)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(key);
    }

Answer 2

List<string> keyList = new List<string>(this.yourDictionary.Keys);

Answer 3

Marc Gravell's answer should work for you. myDictionary.Keys returns an object that implements ICollection<TKey>, IEnumerable<TKey> and their non-generic counterparts.

I just wanted to add that if you plan on accessing the value as well, you could loop through the dictionary like this (modified example):

Dictionary<string, int> data = new Dictionary<string, int>();
data.Add("abc", 123);
data.Add("def", 456);

foreach (KeyValuePair<string, int> item in data)
{
    Console.WriteLine(item.Key + ": " + item.Value);
}

Answer 4

The question is a little tricky to understand but I'm guessing that the problem is that you're trying to remove elements from the Dictionary while you iterate over the keys. I think in that case you have no choice but to use a second array.

ArrayList lList = new ArrayList(lDict.Keys);
foreach (object lKey in lList)
{
  if (<your condition here>)
  {
    lDict.Remove(lKey);
  }
}

If you can use generic lists and dictionaries instead of an ArrayList then I would, however the above should just work.

Answer 5

Or like this:

List< KeyValuePair< string, int > > theList =
    new List< KeyValuePair< string,int > >(this.yourDictionary);

for ( int i = 0; i < theList.Count; i++)
{ 
  // the key
  Console.WriteLine(theList[i].Key);
}