Convert Dictionary to List

I have a list h开发者_Go百科ere generated from a long query which the data is used to pump to a report.

var result =  
  from..
  where..
  select new  { sale.Id, Username  = u.Name, Amount = p.amount};
output  = result.Tolist();

However, i would like to get rid of that long query by creating my own list of value instead. So i create a dictionary to store the key and value. My purpose is to convert a dictionary back to a list which has the same output like the query above so that it can be pumped to my report

 public static object GetSalesDataBySaleOrderID(SaleOrder sale)
    {
        List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> list = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();

        for (int i = 0; i < sale.saleOrderItem.Count(); i++)
        {             
            Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>()
            {
               {sale.Id.ToString(), sale.Id},                
               {"UserName", sale.User.GetSingleUserById(sale.saleOrderItem[i].UserId).Name},
               {"Amount", sale.saleOrderItem[i].Amount},                   
            };

            list.Add(result);
        }

        return list;
    }

I got an error at list.Add(result);

Error 5 Argument '1': cannot convert from 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary' to 'System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair'

---EDIT------------

I have changed to List<Dictionary<string, object>> list = new List<Dictionary<string, object>>(); and it solved my error.

However i am still getting the value in dictionary format

This should be the intended output format in List

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Edit: Changed answer, now that the OP's original error is resolved.

 public static object GetSalesDataBySaleOrderID(SaleOrder sale)
 {
     List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> list = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
     for (int i = 0; i < sale.saleOrderItem.Count(); i++)
     {
         Dictionary<string, object> result = new Dictionary<string, object>()
         {
            {"SaleId", sale.Id},
            {"UserName", sale.User.GetSingleUserById(sale.saleOrderItem[i].UserId).Name},
            {"Amount", sale.saleOrderItem[i].Amount},
         };
         list.Add(result);
     }
     return list.Select (d => new { Id=(int)d["SaleId"], Username  = d["UserName"], Amount = (Decimal) d["Amount"]});
 } 

Really, you should probably refactor this method, and the one you are trying to replace/cache so that it returns a well-known object (not an anonymous type). It could return List<Sale> or something.

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I'm not quite sure what you are trying to achieve to translate the whole thing into a key-value pair list when you actually want a list of objects back. Your function as given can be reduced to:

public static object GetSalesDataBySaleOrderID(SaleOrder sale)
{
    return sale.saleOrderItem
               .Where(s => s != null)
               .Select(s => new { 
                                  Id = s.Id,
                                  Username = sale.User.GetSingleUserById(s.UserId).Name,
                                  Amount = s.Amount 
                                })
               .ToList();
}

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@agent-j is right, you have to store each dictionary; however, if you want a list of key value pairs instead, you can use:

list.AddRange(dicionary.ToList());

Which converts the dictionary to List<KeyValuePair<string, object>> form. This would duplicate the user name and amount keys many times. I think the dictionary approach is what you want, just throwing it out there in case.

HTH.

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What about:

var list = new List<SalesOrder>(dictionary.Values);

or if you have already a list created:

list.AddRange(dictionary.Values);

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Make it a list of ExpandoObject. You can use them in a similar fashion as you do anonymous objects except it is mutable or you can use them as a dictionary (interface).

var result = myDataContext.MyTable
    .Where(sale => /* my conditions */)
    .AsEnumerable() // use LINQ to objects at this point
    .Select(sale =>
    {
        dynamic exo = new ExpandoObject();
        exo.SaleId = sale.Id;
        exo.UserName = sale.User.GetSingleUserById(sale.saleOrderItem[i].UserId).Name;
        exo.Amount = sale.saleOrderItem[i].Amount;
        return exo as IDictionary<string, object>;
    });

IDictionary<string, object> first = result.First();
// access the properties as if it were a dictionary
int saleId = (int)first["SaleId"]; // get (and cast) the SaleId property
first["UserName"] = "Bob"; // set the UserName property

// cast it back to dynamic to access the properties as if it were an anonymous object
dynamic dfirst = first;
decimal amount = dfirst.Amount; // get the Amount property (no cast necessary)
dfirst.Amount = 3238132.12M // set the Amount property