NameValueCollection.GetValues Method (String) (System.Collections.Specialized)

GetValues Method (String)

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5

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.NET Framework Class Library

NameValueCollection..::.GetValues Method (String)

Gets the values associated with the specified key from the NameValueCollection.

Namespace: System.Collections.Specialized
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Overridable Function GetValues ( _
    name As String _
) As String()

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As NameValueCollection
Dim name As String
Dim returnValue As String()

returnValue = instance.GetValues(name)

public virtual string[] GetValues(
    string name
)

Visual C++

public:
virtual array<String^>^ GetValues(
    String^ name
)

JScript

public function GetValues(
    name : String
) : String[]

Parameters

name: Type: System..::.String
The String key of the entry that contains the values to get. The key can be nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Type: array<System..::.String>[]()[]
A String array that contains the values associated with the specified key from the NameValueCollection, if found; otherwise, nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Caution:
This method returns nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) in the following cases: 1) if the specified key is not found; and 2) if the specified key is found and its associated value is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic). This method does not distinguish between the two cases.

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is the number of values associated with the specified key.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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.

Version Information

.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

Reference

NameValueCollection Class

NameValueCollection Members

GetValues Overload

System.Collections.Specialized Namespace

Get

AllKeys

Other Resources

Performing Culture-Insensitive String Operations