Thread: How to retrieve top 10 elements in a Dictionary

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    How to retrieve top 10 elements in a Dictionary

    Hello everyone,


    Suppose I have a Dictionary object instance, Dictionary<string, int>, 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

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    Store them in a SortedDictionary and iterate over the last 10 elements (perhaps by using a custom comparer, making the highest number appear first)
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