How to enumerate through IDictionary
Manual enumeration is very rare (compared to foreach
, for example) - the first thing I'd suggest is: check you really need that. However, since a dictionary enumerates as key-value-pair:
IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string,string>> enumerator = value.GetEnumerator();
should work. Or if it is only a method variable (not a field), then:
var enumerator = value.GetEnumerator();
or better (since if it isn't a field it probably needs local disposal):
using(var enumerator = value.GetEnumerator())
{ ... }
or best ("KISS"):
foreach(var pair in value)
{ ... }
However, you should also always dispose any existing value when replaced. Also, a set-only property is exceptionally rare. You really might want to check there isn't a simpler API here... for example, a method taking the dictionary as a parameter.
foreach(var keyValuePair in value)
{
//Do something with keyValuePair.Key
//Do something with keyValuePair.Value
}
OR
IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string,string>> enumerator = dictionary.GetEnumerator();
using (enumerator)
{
while (enumerator.MoveNext())
{
//Do something with enumerator.Current.Key
//Do something with enumerator.Current.Value
}
}
if you just want enumerate it simply use foreach(var item in myDic) ...
for sample implementation see MSDN Article.