How to create array of key/value pair in c#?
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Your outer JSON container is an array, so you need to return some sort of non-dictionary collection such as a List<Dictionary<string, string>>
for your root object, like so:
var opts = new Dictionary<string, string>();
opts.Add("one", "Un");
opts.Add("two", "Deux");
opts.Add("three", "Trois");
var list = opts.Select(p => new Dictionary<string, string>() { {p.Key, p.Value }});
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Jaylen
Updated on June 14, 2022Comments
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Jaylen almost 2 years
I have an application that is written on top of ASP.NET MVC. In one of my controllers, I need to create an object in C# so when it is converted to JSON using
JsonConvert.SerializeObject()
the results looks like this[ {'one': 'Un'}, {'two': 'Deux'}, {'three': 'Trois'} ]
I tried to use
Dictionary<string, string>
like thisvar opts = new Dictionary<string, string>(); opts.Add("one", "Un"); opts.Add("two", "Deux"); opts.Add("three", "Trois"); var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(opts);
However, the above creates the following json
{ 'one': 'Un', 'two': 'Deux', 'three': 'Trois' }
How can I create the object in a way so that
JsonConvert.SerializeObject()
generate the desired output?