Quick tip: Initialising Dictionary inline

var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ “key1”, “value1” },
{ “key2”, “value2” },
{ “key3”, “value3” },
};

.csharpcode, .csharpcode pre
{
font-size: small;
color: black;
font-family: consolas, “Courier New”, courier, monospace;
background-color: #ffffff;
/*white-space: pre;*/
}
.csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; }
.csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; }
.csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; }
.csharpcode .str { color: #006080; }
.csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; }
.csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; }
.csharpcode .asp { background-color: #ffff00; }
.csharpcode .html { color: #800000; }
.csharpcode .attr { color: #ff0000; }
.csharpcode .alt
{
background-color: #f4f4f4;
width: 100%;
margin: 0em;
}
.csharpcode .lnum { color: #606060; }

var list = new List<string>
{
“value1”,
“value2”,
“value3”,
};

You might notice that I like to leave the comma behind the last element in my inline initializers - this is actually unnecessary. But having it there means that I can copy/paste entire lines and move them around without worrying about missing comma right at the end.

For example, this is valid code:

var list = new List<string>
{
“value1”,
“value2”,
“value3”
};

But if I had to swap the order of the elements and end up with this code, this is not valid.

var list = new List<string>
{
“value1”,
“value3"
"value2”,
};

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