Restore "k1:v1,k2:v2,.." from JSON value as Key-value pairs

Question

I have a JSON value like this and I need help specifically in putting the Value of D variable in a keyValuepair.

{"A":727657,"B":"72.74:hello","C":"Http","D":"Value:0,Value1:79,Value2:56,Value3:45","E":0,"F":2}

I am parsing this value like this.

   MyJSONContructor MyJSONContructorObject = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyJSONContructor>(JSONValue);

I have a constructor like this.

public MyJSONContructor(int A, string B, string C, string D, bool E,int F)
        {
            this.A = A;
            this.B = B;
            this.C = C;
            this.D = D;
            this.E = E;
            this.F = F;
        }

What I need help with is the value in variable D, if you notice it has several values inside it, I want to be able to put them in a keyValuePair, something like this

List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> contentsToPost

Is there an easy way to add them to the List of KeyValuePairs, since we would not know how many key value pairs would be coming in D in Json, I am trying to avoid doing something like this.

var list = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>() { 
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Value", 0),
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("Value1", 79),

Answer 1

If you're comfortable with LINQ, you can do it like this:

List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> kvps = 
    (from pair in MyJSONContructorObject.D.Split(',')
     let kv = pair.Split(':')
     select new KeyValuePair<string, string>(kv[0], kv[1])
    ).ToList();

Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/HHti3s