How can I create a Dictionary from an Enum?

Question

Is it possible to create a dictionary of enum values? Example below what I need.

Example

key = 0, value = "Unknown"
key = 1, value = "Another"
etc..

Code snippet of enum

public enum MyEnum
{
    Unknown = 0,
    Another = 1,
    ...
}

My attempt

 var values = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyeNum));
 var namesames = Enum.GetNames(typeof(MyeNum));


 // Save values
 foreach (var i in values )
 {
     dictionaryList.Add(i, "");
 }

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '14 at 13:38

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Dictionary<int, string> values = 
     Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum))
         .Cast<MyEnum>()
         .ToDictionary(e => (int)e, e => e.ToString());

answered Feb 06 '14 at 13:38

Sergey Berezovskiy

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Based on the OP, it looks like you have the key and value swapped around. – Sven Grosen Feb 06 '14 at 13:41
@ledbutter you are right, thanks! Didn't notice that (possibly it was not clear in first edit of question) – Sergey Berezovskiy Feb 06 '14 at 13:42
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yeah thanks, I noticed that as well.. That's a really good snippet of code. Thanks! – James Radford Feb 06 '14 at 14:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '14 at 13:44

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

 foreach (var v in Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum)))
     dict.Add((int)v, v.ToString());

answered Feb 06 '14 at 13:44

w.b

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How can I create a Dictionary from an Enum?

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