Cast Dictionary KeyCollection to String array

Question

I have a Dictionary<int, string> which I want to take the Key collection into a CSV string.

I planned to do:

String.Join(",", myDic.Keys.ToArray().Cast<string[]>());

The cast is failing though.

Thanks

Answer 1

How about this...

String.Join(",", myDic.Keys.Select(o=>o.ToString()).ToArray());

Answer 2

Cast to a string, not a string[]

String.Join(",", myDic.Keys.ToArray().Cast<string>());

Edit: This does not work - Cast does not perform type conversion. There is a ConvertAll method on Array which is just for this purpose:

String.Join(",", Array.ConvertAll(myDic.Keys.ToArray(), i => i.ToString());

Answer 3

This will work:

String.Join(",", myDic.Keys.Select(i => i.ToString()).ToArray());