How to retrieve top 10 elements in a Dictionary

Question

Hello everyone Suppose I have a Dictionary object instance Dictionary  the int is always positive. I want to get top 10 elements from the Dictionary with the maximum 10 int values any efficient way to do this? thanks in advance George

George George · Answer

Thanks Bechir I think SortedDictionary sort by keys not values. But I want to sort by values. Any comments or ideas? regards George

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

use the System.Collection.Generic.specialized.SortedDictionary oDictioanry I think that could do the job you can moreover use the constructor that has an IComparer to compare objects two to two