Finds a row in the DataView by the specified sort key value.
Namespace:
System.Data
Assembly:
System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Find ( _
key As Object _
) As Integer
Dim instance As DataView
Dim key As Object
Dim returnValue As Integer
returnValue = instance.Find(key)
public int Find(
Object key
)
public:
int Find(
Object^ key
)
public function Find(
key : Object
) : int
Return Value
Type:
System..::.Int32The index of the row in the DataView that contains the sort key value specified; otherwise -1 if the sort key value does not exist.
The following Visual Basic example uses the Find method to return the index of the row that contains the value in the sort key column that you want.
Private Sub FindValueInDataView(table As DataTable)
Dim view As DataView = New DataView(table)
view.Sort = "CustomerID"
' Find the customer named "DUMON" in the primary key column
Dim i As Integer = view.Find("DUMON")
Console.WriteLine(view(i))
End Sub
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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