C# 6.0 Dictionary Initializer

C# 7.0 is on the horizon but I’m still getting used to some of the new features of C# 6.0. One of the features I didn’t use until recently were dictionary initializers.

Before C# 6.0, you had to do something like this:

	var codes=new Dictionary<int,string>
	{
	{1000,"Brussels"},
	{2000, "Antwerp"},
	{9000,"Ghent"}
	}

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In C# 6.0, you could separate keys from values by using the indexer syntax making the code easier to read and understand:

	var codes=new Dictionary<int,string>
	{
	[1000]="Brussels",
	[2000]="Antwerp",
	[9000]="Ghent",
	}

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