Code snippets generating a lookup from enum to object

Question

I'd like to generate dictionary lookup code snippet that iterate through existing enums and does a foreach enum print "{ enum.A, "A"},"

Like how the code snippet does 'switch', but my own version of it.

I'm currently using "Snippet Designer" for convenience.

I currently have the following

IDictionary<$key$, $value$> _lookup = new Dictionary<$key$, $value$>() 
{
    { $key$, $value$ },
};

$end$

Edit: Expected result (after filling out the code snippet in the IDE)

enum FakeEnum
    {
        Foo, Blah, Bar
    }

    IDictionary<FakeEnum, string> _lookup = new Dictionary<FakeEnum, string>() 
    { 
        {FakeEnum.Foo, string}, 
        {FakeEnum.Blah, string}, 
        {FakeEnum.Bar, string} 
    } ;

Could you post what you think the *final* code should look like? I'm not sure what you are going for, so I can't review the snippet. — BradleyDotNET, Jun 17 '14 at 21:54
i'm confused - you have a dictionary of enums? can you maybe add an enum to your sample code, to show where you'd see the enums used? — blueberryfields, Jun 17 '14 at 22:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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IDictionary<$enum$, string> _lookup = new Dictionary<$enum$, string>();

foreach( $enum$ value in Enum.GetValues(typeof($enum$)) )
{
    _lookup .Add(value, value.ToString());
}
$end$

(based on Can you loop through all enum values?)

or try this:

var _lookup = Enum.GetValues(typeof($enum$))
               .Cast<$enum$>()
               .ToDictionary(t => t, t => t.ToString() );
$end$

based on Enum to Dictionary c#

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jun 17 '14 at 22:15

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I'm unsure if you're getting this confused with actual code or not. This code is built for code snippet generation. EG. typing prop, in the IDE will bring up a snippet for you to template your own values into – PanMan Jun 18 '14 at 04:07

Code snippets generating a lookup from enum to object

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