Apply c# dictionary output to html table

Question

I have a dictionary with string and int and I would like to parse the dictionary string and ints to a html table if that is possible?

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        Dictionary<string, int> userMediaList = new Dictionary<string, int>();
        userMediaList.Add("Die Hard", 5);
        userMediaList.Add("Die Hard II", 3);
        userMediaList.Add("Die Hard III", 2);
        userMediaList.Add("Ringenes Herre", 4);
        userMediaList.Add("Ringenes Herre II", 1);
        userMediaList.Add("Ringenes Herre III", 5);

        var sortUserMediaList = from entry in userMediaList orderby entry.Value ascending select entry;

    }

So what i want is adding this to a table on the website.

So that for every box in the table, the name of the movie and the rating of the movie will appear.

Of course it's possible. It depends on the technologies you're using... — Andrei V, Dec 03 '13 at 15:08
Geez Andrei V. whats up with the hate.... @Winkz, you might want to take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2274875/bind-dictionary-to-repeater , they bind a dictionnary to a repeater. that could easily do exactly what you want. — Dave, Dec 03 '13 at 15:09
Okay thats good i guess :D well atm im looping through the entries with a foreach loop.. just dont know how to apply each line to a new "box" in the table. — Winkz, Dec 03 '13 at 15:09
Thank you Dave, gonna try and read that! Ufuk it's a webpage, so yea i suppose :) — Winkz, Dec 03 '13 at 15:10
@Winkz, not really intentional. But was I not answering the question? Although grammar "enthusiasts" would agree that (at least in the first sentence) the "question" is not really a question... — Andrei V, Dec 03 '13 at 15:12
@Dave I had a look at it and cant really figure out, how that would help me.. Totally new at parsing things from code behind :/ — Winkz, Dec 03 '13 at 15:15

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '13 at 15:23

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As you don't state what technology you are using, this is a generic way:

var trs = dictionary.Select(a => String.Format("<tr><td>{0}</td><td>{1}</td></tr>", a.Key, a.Value));

var tableContents = String.Concat(trs);

var table = "<table>" + tableContents + "</table>";

answered Dec 03 '13 at 15:23

dav_i

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Nothing comes up from adding this to the code :/ Do i need to add something in the html part? – Winkz Dec 03 '13 at 15:30
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Well you need to render it somehow. You've not really given enough information for people to help you properly I'm afraid. – dav_i Dec 03 '13 at 15:35
Gonna edit the mainpost again i guess :p – Winkz Dec 03 '13 at 15:36

AdamL · Answer 2 · 2013-12-04T08:17:47.810

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You can start with that, but there are probably better methods:

string html = "<table>";
    foreach (KeyValuePair<string,int> pair in userMediaList)
    {
        html = html + String.Format("<tr><td>{0}</td><td>{1}</td></tr>", pair.Key, pair.Value.ToString());
    }
html = html + "</table>";

edited Dec 04 '13 at 08:17

answered Dec 03 '13 at 15:23

AdamL

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Nothing comes up from adding this to the code :/ Do i need to add something in the html part? – Winkz Dec 03 '13 at 15:29

Apply c# dictionary output to html table

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