Select a Dictionary<T1, T2> with LINQ

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Published on 2009-03-06T00:20:24Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 23:54 UTC
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I have used the "select" keyword and extension method to return an IEnumerable<T> with LINQ, but I have a need to return a generic Dictionary<T1, T2> and can't figure it out. The example I learned this from used something in a form similar to the following:

IEnumerable<T> coll = from x in y 
    select new SomeClass{ prop1 = value1, prop2 = value2 };

I've also done the same thing with extension methods. I assumed that since the items in a Dictionary<T1, T2> can be iterated as KeyValuePair<T1, T2> that I could just replace "SomeClass" in the above example with "new KeyValuePair<T1, T2> { ...", but that didn't work (Key and Value were marked as readonly, so I could not compile this code).

Is this possible, or do I need to do this in multiple steps?

Thanks.

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