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.NET Framework Class Library
ListTFindIndex Method (Int32, PredicateT)

Searches for an element that matches the conditions defined by the specified predicate, and returns the zero-based index of the first occurrence within the range of elements in the ListT that extends from the specified index to the last element.

Namespace:   System.Collections.Generic
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
Public Function FindIndex ( _
	startIndex As [%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_0_0_0%], _
	match As [%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_0_0_1%](Of T) _
) As [%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_0_0_2%]
public [%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_1_0_0%] FindIndex(
	[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_1_0_1%] startIndex,
	[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_1_0_2%]<T> match
)
public:
[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_2_0_0%] FindIndex(
	[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_2_0_1%] startIndex, 
	[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_2_0_2%]<T>^ match
)
member FindIndex : 
        startIndex:[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_3_0_0%] * 
        match:[%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_3_0_1%]<'T> -> [%$TOPIC/efasdh0s_en-us_VS_110_2_0_3_0_2%]

Parameters

startIndex
Type: SystemInt32

The zero-based starting index of the search.

match
Type: SystemPredicate T

The PredicateT delegate that defines the conditions of the element to search for.

Return Value

Type: SystemInt32
The zero-based index of the first occurrence of an element that matches the conditions defined by match, if found; otherwise, –1.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

match is .

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

startIndex is outside the range of valid indexes for the ListT.

Remarks

The ListT is searched forward starting at startIndex and ending at the last element.

The PredicateT is a delegate to a method that returns true if the object passed to it matches the conditions defined in the delegate. The elements of the current ListT are individually passed to the PredicateT delegate.

This method performs a linear search; therefore, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is the number of elements from startIndex to the end of the ListT.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8
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.