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In VB.NET, how can I convert the following string into some kind of key/value type such as a Hashtable, Dictionary, etc? <pre><code>"Name=Fred;Birthday=19-June-1906;ID=12345" </code></pre> I want to extract Birthday or ID without having to split the string into an array. EDIT: I'd prefer not to split the string into an array in case the format of the string changes later. I don't have control over the string. What if someone switches the order around or adds another element?
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1. COEither my or abatishchev's solution should still work if the order is switched or the add more elements, as long as they don't use other separators you'd just end up with more elements in the dictionary which wouldn't matter since you can access the elements with their "name" as the key.
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