List.Item Property
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Public Default Property Item ( _ index As Integer _ ) As T 'Usage Dim instance As List(Of T) Dim index As Integer Dim value As T value = instance(index) instance(index) = value
/** @property */ public final T get_Item (int index) /** @property */ public final void set_Item (int index, T value)
Not applicable.
Parameters
- index
The zero-based index of the element to get or set.
Property Value
The element at the specified index.| Exception type | Condition |
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| index is less than 0. -or- index is equal to or greater than Count. |
List accepts a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) as a valid value for reference types and allows duplicate elements.
This property provides the ability to access a specific element in the collection by using the following syntax: myCollection[index].
Retrieving the value of this property is an O(1) operation; setting the property is also an O(1) operation.
The following code example demonstrates the Item property (the indexer in C#) and various other properties and methods of the List generic class. After the list has been created and populated using the Add method, an element is retrieved and displayed using the Item property.
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| Visual Basic, C#, and C++ all have syntax for accessing the Item property without using its name. Instead, the variable containing the List is used as if it were an array. |
The C# language uses the this keyword to define the indexers instead of implementing the Item property. Visual Basic implements Item as a default property, which provides the same indexing functionality.
For a code example that uses the Item property to set the value of a list element, see AsReadOnly.
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: 0
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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