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

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