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I have the following enum: 

public enum LifeCycle
{
    Pending = 0,
    Approved = 1,
    Rejected = 2,
}

And I want to create 

Dictionary<int, string> LifeCycleDict;

from the enum value and its toString

Is there a way to do it with linq?
(The equivelant to java's enum.values ) Thanks.

gunr2171
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Bick
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  • possible duplicate of [Enum to Dictionary c#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5583717/enum-to-dictionary-c-sharp) – Ani Mar 10 '13 at 16:11

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Dictionary<int, string> LifeCycleDict = Enum.GetNames(typeof(LifeCycle))
    .ToDictionary(Key => (int)Enum.Parse(typeof(LifeCycle), Key), value => value);

OR

Dictionary<int, string> LifeCycleDict = Enum.GetValues(typeof(LifeCycle)).Cast<int>()
    .ToDictionary(Key => Key, value => ((LifeCycle)value).ToString());

OR

Dictionary<int, string> LifeCycleDict = Enum.GetValues(typeof(LifeCycle)).Cast<LifeCycle>()
    .ToDictionary(t => (int)t, t => t.ToString());
Prasad Kanaparthi
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