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c#linqgenericshashtableradtreeview

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<AnonymousType#1>' to 'System.Collections.Hashtable'

I'm getting the below error when trying to create a Key,Value pair and load it into a HashTable

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<AnonymousType#1>' to 'System.Collections.Hashtable'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

Below is the code snippet

hashtable selectedValues = radTree.CheckedNodes.Where(node => node.Level == 0).Select(row => new
        {
            key = row.Value,
            Value = row.Text
        });

In the above query I'm trying to get the Key and Value of selected checkboxes (for a particular level) in a Telerik RadTreeControl and load them into a hashtable.

Is there a way in LINQ that we could cast the result to hashtable or is it better that I just go with Dictionary since we have the ToDictionary() method available ?

Solution

  • Better to just use a Dictionary.

    Otherwise you can use ToDictionary and then pass that to the constructor of a hashtable if you really want.