[Solved:]Does Sololearn support dictionary initialization syntax in c#?...

Question

[EDIT: Yes it does]
... or am I just doing it wrong (the latter being the likely answer 😂). I have googled, stackoverflowed, etc to see what I am doing wrong. I am new to C#, lesson and coding challenges here in Sololearn.

Here is a snippet of the code with a print to see if data is getting in the dictionary.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
var months = new Dictionary<string, string>
{ {"January","1"},
{"February","2"},
{"March","3"},
{"April","4"},
{"May","5"},
{"June","6"},
{"July","7"}
};
Console.WriteLine(months[" April"]);
}

The error I get is that there is no April key in the dictionary.

I am working on the US to EU date conversion solution.

I am wondering if it is a .Net version issue. I noted in my searching that some older versions like 2.0 don't support initializer syntax.

Answer 1

A little bit off-topic but if you copied this from your code I see a space before April in the WriteLine line.

Edit. I just checked it is the space...

Answer 2

The code is fine and runs on SoloLearn, the issue is the same what Mihai Apostol mentioned.
Pay attention there is no whitespace inside the quotation marks.

Answer 3

😂😂🤣 Mihai Apostol Tibor Santa I told you it was probably me doing it wrong! In portrait mode on my phone it broke the line right at April, so I never caught it. When I read your answer and rotated the phone I saw the space. Thanks for the debug assist!

I spent hours trying to find an answer to that issue.

Answer 4

You're welcome.