c# 2.0 - How to convert Dictionary<string, object> to Dictionary<string, string> in c# -

i have below code in c#

dictionary<string, object> dobject = new dictionary<string, object>(); 

i want convert dobject dictionary<string, string>. how can this?

use todictionary method:

dictionary<string, string> dstring = dobject.todictionary(k => k.key, k => k.value.tostring()); 

here reuse key original dictionary , convert values strings using tostring method.

if dictionary can contain null values should add null check before performing tostring:

dictionary<string, string> dstring = dobject.todictionary(k => k.key, k => k.value == null ? "" : k.value.tostring()); 

the reason works dictionary<string, object> ienumerable<keyvaluepair<string,object>>. above code example iterates through enumerable , builds new dictionary using todictionary method.

edit:

in .net 2.0 cannot use todictionary method, can achieve same using old-fashioned foreach:

dictionary<string, string> sd = new dictionary<string, string>();  foreach (keyvaluepair<string, object> keyvaluepair in dict) {   sd.add(keyvaluepair.key, keyvaluepair.value.tostring()); } 

edit2:

if on .net 2.0 , can have null values in dictionary following should safe:

dictionary<string, string> sd = new dictionary<string, string>();  foreach (keyvaluepair<string, object> keyvaluepair in dict) {   sd.add(keyvaluepair.key, keyvaluepair.value == null ? "" : keyvaluepair.value.tostring()); }