You can use Json.NET[^] for the same. However, I have found one class which converts Dictionary to String that might help you.
class ConvertDictionary
{
Dictionary<string, int> _dictionary = new Dictionary<string, int>()
{
{"salmon", 5},
{"tuna", 6},
{"clam", 2},
{"asparagus", 3}
};
public ConvertDictionary()
{
// Convert dictionary to string and save
string s = GetLine(\_dictionary);
File.WriteAllText("dict.txt", s);
// Get dictionary from that file
Dictionary<string, int> d = GetDict("dict.txt");
}
string GetLine(Dictionary<string, int> d)
{
// Build up each line one-by-one and them trim the end
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, int> pair in d)
{
builder.Append(pair.Key).Append(":").Append(pair.Value).Append(',');
}
string result = builder.ToString();
// Remove the final delimiter
result = result.TrimEnd(',');
return result;
}
Dictionary<string, int> GetDict(string f)
{
Dictionary<string, int> d = new Dictionary<string, int>();
string s = File.ReadAllText(f);
// Divide all pairs (remove empty strings)
string\[\] tokens = s.Split(new char\[\] { ':', ',' },
StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
// Walk through each item
for (int i = 0; i < tokens.Length; i += 2)
{
string name = tokens\[i\];
string freq = tokens\[i + 1\];
// Parse the int (this can throw)
int count = int.Parse(freq);
// Fill the value in the sorted dictionary
if (d.ContainsKey(name))
{
d\[name\] += count;
}
else
{
d.Add(name, count);
}
}
return d;
}
}
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