How to convert a sortedDictionary into Dictionary?

Question

Dictionary<string, string> optionDictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();

optionDictionary = ....;

SortedDictionary<string, string> optionsSorted;

if(sorting)
{
   optionsSorted = new SortedDictionary<string, string>(optionDictionary );
   // Convert SortedDictionary into Dictionary
}

return optionDictionary ;

Answer 1

You can pass in your optionsSorted dictionary as a parameter to an instance of a new Disctionary. IE:

var dictionary = new Dictionary<type1,type2>(optionsSorted);

Answer 2

Try the following

var dictionary = optionsSorted.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x=> x.Value);

Answer 3

Just use the ToDictionary method.

Answer 4

It is not entirely clear to me what you are trying to accomplish. I am assuming that you have a function that returns a Dictionary and you want it to be a sorted dictionary when sorting is true.

If that is true, then you need a return type that can be a Dictionary or a SortedDictionary.

If you want a single function doing that, I would use IDictionay as return type of the method.