How do I copy the content of a dictionary to an new dictionary in C#?
A one-line version of Amal's answer:
var second = first.Keys.ToDictionary(_ => _, _ => first[_]);
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Dictionary<string, string> first = new Dictionary<string, string>()
{
{"1", "One"},
{"2", "Two"},
{"3", "Three"},
{"4", "Four"},
{"5", "Five"},
{"6", "Six"},
{"7", "Seven"},
{"8", "Eight"},
{"9", "Nine"},
{"0", "Zero"}
};
Dictionary<string, string> second = new Dictionary<string, string>();
foreach (string key in first.Keys)
{
second.Add(key, first[key]);
}
first["1"] = "newone";
Console.WriteLine(second["1"]);
}
}
Assuming you mean you want them to be individual objects, and not references to the same object pass the source dictionary into the destination's constructor:
Dictionary<string, string> d = new Dictionary<string, string>();
Dictionary<string, string> d2 = new Dictionary<string, string>(d);
"so that they are not the same object."
Ambiguity abound - if you do actually want them to be references to the same object:
Dictionary<string, string> d = new Dictionary<string, string>();
Dictionary<string, string> d2 = d;
(Changing either d
or d2
after the above will affect both)