using System;

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using System.Collections.Generic;

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using System.Linq;

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namespace Craft

{

    public class MainClass

    {

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        public static void Main (string[] args)

        {

            var list = new Dictionary<string,decimal> ();

            list.Add ("1_VariablePayBasis", 1337);

            list.Add ("1_DecisionAmount", 168);

            list.Add ("3_BasePay", 5201314);

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            foreach (var kv in list) {

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                // too ceremonial

                string[] strings = kv.Key.Split('_');

                int pk = Convert.ToInt32(strings [0]);

                string fieldName = strings [1];

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                Console.WriteLine ("{0} {1} - {2}", pk, fieldName, kv.Value);

            }

            Console.WriteLine();

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            // via explicit casting, being explicit with implicit :-)

            foreach (var fv in list.Select(x => (FieldValue)x)) {

                Console.WriteLine ("{0} {1} - {2}", fv.PrimaryKey, fv.FieldName, fv.Value);

            }

            Console.WriteLine();

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            // neat implicit!

            foreach (FieldValue fv in list) {

                Console.WriteLine ("{0} {1} - {2}", fv.PrimaryKey, fv.FieldName, fv.Value);

            }

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        }

    }

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    public class FieldValue

    {

        public int PrimaryKey { get; set; }

        public string FieldName { get; set; }

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        public decimal Value { get; set; }

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        public static implicit operator FieldValue(KeyValuePair<string,decimal> kv)

        {

            string[] strings = kv.Key.Split('_');

            int pk = Convert.ToInt32(strings [0]);

            string fieldName = strings [1];

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            return new FieldValue { PrimaryKey = pk, FieldName = fieldName, Value = kv.Value };

        }

    }

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}

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