calling a dictionary by values c# code example

Example 1: access dic by key c#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Dictionary<string, int> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, int>();

        dictionary.Add("apple", 1);
        dictionary.Add("windows", 5);

        // See whether Dictionary contains this string.
        if (dictionary.ContainsKey("apple"))
        {
            int value = dictionary["apple"];
            Console.WriteLine(value);
        }

        // See whether it contains this string.
        if (!dictionary.ContainsKey("acorn"))
        {
            Console.WriteLine(false);
        }
    }
}

Example 2: c# dictionaries

IDictionary<int, string> dict = new Dictionary<int, string>();
        
//or

Dictionary<int, string> dict = new Dictionary<int, string>();