how to join a list on new guids?

Question

How do I join a list of strings with guids into a dictionary?

I've got a list like so:

new List<String> { "alex", "liza", "harry" }

I'd like to create a dictionary like:

new Dictionary<Guid, String> {
        {
            "97085fe7-4717-4b70-95aa-80be9b1bfb47",
            "alex"
        },
        {
            "f88a41c2-27ac-47c5-a967-a4cdc2c6171c",
            "liza"
        },
        {
            "2a6adaac-23b4-4d6e-9fb4-610d4c14e231",
            "harry"
        }
    }

How do I zip a random list of Guids together with a list of strings?

Possible duplicate of [C# Convert List to Dictionary](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11581101/c-sharp-convert-liststring-to-dictionarystring-string) — Mick, May 23 '19 at 00:59
also... begs to question: why would you want this? because the context of your question might be leading to another question and another and completely different of your initial question — riffnl, May 23 '19 at 01:12

Loocid · Answer 1 · 2019-05-23T01:07:00.560

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You can use .ToDictionary like so:

var myList = new List<String> { "alex", "liza", "harry" }
var myDictionary = myList.ToDictionary(i => Guid.NewGuid());

>>> Dictionary<Guid, string>(3) { { [06dde7e3-2fdd-4107-a4c5-63bee818abda], "alex" }, { [93029465-11b5-463b-ab04-bebdb1a8e77f], "liza" }, { [8ff8ff05-7bcf-4dd0-bb8d-07231932c3d8], "harry" }

edited May 23 '19 at 01:07

answered May 23 '19 at 00:51

Loocid

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '19 at 00:57

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Try the following:

var names = new List<String> { "alex", "liza", "harry" };

var d = names.ToDictionary(n => Guid.NewGuid());

answered May 23 '19 at 00:57

David Bettis

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how to join a list on new guids?

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