dev_junior17 · 09.05.2026

How to properly initialize a Dictionary in C# with initial values?

Hello everyone! I just started learning C# and ran into a problem when working with dictionaries (Dictionary). I need to create a dictionary that already has some initial values, for example, mappings between country codes and their names. I know you can do it like this: ```csharp var countries = new Dictionary(); countries.Add("RU", "Россия"); countries.Add("US", "США"); countries.Add("DE", "Германия"); ``` But this takes many lines, especially if there are many values. I heard that in C# there is some shorter syntax for initialization directly when creating the object. I tried writing something like: ```csharp var countries = new Dictionary { "RU" = "Россия", "US" = "США" }; ``` But it doesn't work — the compiler complains. Please advise.

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