ToDictionary with IEqualityComparer

   
 

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Employee2 {
    public string id;
    public string firstName;
    public string lastName;

    public static ArrayList GetEmployeesArrayList() {
        ArrayList al = new ArrayList();
        al.Add(new Employee2 { id = "1", firstName = "J", lastName = "R" });
        al.Add(new Employee2 { id = "2", firstName = "W", lastName = "G" });
        al.Add(new Employee2 { id = "3", firstName = "A", lastName = "H"});
        al.Add(new Employee2 { id = "4", firstName = "D", lastName = "L" });
        al.Add(new Employee2 { id = "101", firstName = "K", lastName = "F" });
        return (al);
    }

    public static Employee2[] GetEmployeesArray() {
        return ((Employee2[])GetEmployeesArrayList().ToArray(typeof(Employee2)));
    }
}
public class MyStringifiedNumberComparer : IEqualityComparer<string> {
    public bool Equals(string x, string y) {
        return (Int32.Parse(x) == Int32.Parse(y));
    }

    public int GetHashCode(string obj) {
        return Int32.Parse(obj).ToString().GetHashCode();
    }
}
public class MainClass {
    public static void Main() {
        Dictionary<string, string> eDictionary = Employee2.GetEmployeesArray()
          .ToDictionary(k => k.id,i => string.Format("{0} {1}",i.firstName, i.lastName),new MyStringifiedNumberComparer());

        string name = eDictionary["2"];
        Console.WriteLine("Employee whose id == "2" : {0}", name);

        name = eDictionary["000002"];
        Console.WriteLine("Employee whose id == "000002" : {0}", name);
    }
}