Removes the first occurrence of a specific object from the ListT.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
true if item is successfully removed; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if item was not found in the ListT.
Public Function Remove ( _
item As T _
) As [%$TOPIC/cd666k3e_en-us_VS_110_2_0_0_0_0%]public [%$TOPIC/cd666k3e_en-us_VS_110_2_0_1_0_0%] Remove(
T item
)public:
virtual [%$TOPIC/cd666k3e_en-us_VS_110_2_0_2_0_0%] Remove(
T item
) sealedabstract Remove :
item:'T -> [%$TOPIC/cd666k3e_en-us_VS_110_2_0_3_0_0%]
override Remove :
item:'T -> [%$TOPIC/cd666k3e_en-us_VS_110_2_0_3_0_1%]Return Value
Type: SystemBooleantrue if item is successfully removed; otherwise, false. This method also returns false if item was not found in the ListT.
Implements
ICollectionTRemove(T)
Remarks
This method determines equality using the default equality comparer EqualityComparerTDefault for T, the type of values in the list.
This method performs a linear search; therefore, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates Remove method. Several properties and methods of the ListT generic class are used to add, insert, and search the list. After these operations, the list contains a duplicate. The Remove method is used to remove the first instance of the duplicate item, and the contents are displayed. The Remove method always removes the first instance it encounters.
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Public Class Example
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim dinosaurs As New List(Of String)
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity)
dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus")
dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus")
dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus")
dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus")
dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus")
Console.WriteLine()
For Each dinosaur As String In dinosaurs
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur)
Next
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity)
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count)
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Contains(""Deinonychus""): {0}", _
dinosaurs.Contains("Deinonychus"))
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Insert(2, ""Compsognathus"")")
dinosaurs.Insert(2, "Compsognathus")
Console.WriteLine()
For Each dinosaur As String In dinosaurs
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur)
Next
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "dinosaurs(3): {0}", dinosaurs(3))
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Remove(""Compsognathus"")")
dinosaurs.Remove("Compsognathus")
Console.WriteLine()
For Each dinosaur As String In dinosaurs
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur)
Next
dinosaurs.TrimExcess()
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "TrimExcess()")
Console.WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity)
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count)
dinosaurs.Clear()
Console.WriteLine(vbLf & "Clear()")
Console.WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity)
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count)
End Sub
End Class
' This code example produces the following output:
'
'Capacity: 0
'
'Tyrannosaurus
'Amargasaurus
'Mamenchisaurus
'Deinonychus
'Compsognathus
'
'Capacity: 8
'Count: 5
'
'Contains("Deinonychus"): True
'
'Insert(2, "Compsognathus")
'
'Tyrannosaurus
'Amargasaurus
'Compsognathus
'Mamenchisaurus
'Deinonychus
'Compsognathus
'
'dinosaurs(3): Mamenchisaurus
'
'Remove("Compsognathus")
'
'Tyrannosaurus
'Amargasaurus
'Mamenchisaurus
'Deinonychus
'Compsognathus
'
'TrimExcess()
'Capacity: 5
'Count: 5
'
'Clear()
'Capacity: 5
'Count: 0using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
List<string> dinosaurs = new List<string>();
Console.WriteLine("\nCapacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity);
dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus");
dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus");
dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus");
Console.WriteLine();
foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs)
{
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
Console.WriteLine("\nCapacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity);
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count);
Console.WriteLine("\nContains(\"Deinonychus\"): {0}",
dinosaurs.Contains("Deinonychus"));
Console.WriteLine("\nInsert(2, \"Compsognathus\")");
dinosaurs.Insert(2, "Compsognathus");
Console.WriteLine();
foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs)
{
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
Console.WriteLine("\ndinosaurs[3]: {0}", dinosaurs[3]);
Console.WriteLine("\nRemove(\"Compsognathus\")");
dinosaurs.Remove("Compsognathus");
Console.WriteLine();
foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs)
{
Console.WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
dinosaurs.TrimExcess();
Console.WriteLine("\nTrimExcess()");
Console.WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity);
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count);
dinosaurs.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("\nClear()");
Console.WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs.Capacity);
Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count);
}
}
/* This code example produces the following output:
Capacity: 0
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
Capacity: 8
Count: 5
Contains("Deinonychus"): True
Insert(2, "Compsognathus")
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Compsognathus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
dinosaurs[3]: Mamenchisaurus
Remove("Compsognathus")
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
TrimExcess()
Capacity: 5
Count: 5
Clear()
Capacity: 5
Count: 0
*/using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;
void main()
{
List<String^>^ dinosaurs = gcnew List<String^>();
Console::WriteLine("\nCapacity: {0}", dinosaurs->Capacity);
dinosaurs->Add("Tyrannosaurus");
dinosaurs->Add("Amargasaurus");
dinosaurs->Add("Mamenchisaurus");
dinosaurs->Add("Deinonychus");
dinosaurs->Add("Compsognathus");
Console::WriteLine();
for each(String^ dinosaur in dinosaurs )
{
Console::WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
Console::WriteLine("\nCapacity: {0}", dinosaurs->Capacity);
Console::WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs->Count);
Console::WriteLine("\nContains(\"Deinonychus\"): {0}",
dinosaurs->Contains("Deinonychus"));
Console::WriteLine("\nInsert(2, \"Compsognathus\")");
dinosaurs->Insert(2, "Compsognathus");
Console::WriteLine();
for each(String^ dinosaur in dinosaurs )
{
Console::WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
Console::WriteLine("\ndinosaurs[3]: {0}", dinosaurs[3]);
Console::WriteLine("\nRemove(\"Compsognathus\")");
dinosaurs->Remove("Compsognathus");
Console::WriteLine();
for each(String^ dinosaur in dinosaurs )
{
Console::WriteLine(dinosaur);
}
dinosaurs->TrimExcess();
Console::WriteLine("\nTrimExcess()");
Console::WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs->Capacity);
Console::WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs->Count);
dinosaurs->Clear();
Console::WriteLine("\nClear()");
Console::WriteLine("Capacity: {0}", dinosaurs->Capacity);
Console::WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs->Count);
}
/* This code example produces the following output:
Capacity: 0
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
Capacity: 8
Count: 5
Contains("Deinonychus"): True
Insert(2, "Compsognathus")
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Compsognathus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
dinosaurs[3]: Mamenchisaurus
Remove("Compsognathus")
Tyrannosaurus
Amargasaurus
Mamenchisaurus
Deinonychus
Compsognathus
TrimExcess()
Capacity: 5
Count: 5
Clear()
Capacity: 5
Count: 0
*/
Platforms
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
