The Dictionary.Enumerator.Current property returns an instance of this type.

The foreach statement of the C# language (for each in C++, For Each in Visual Basic) requires the type of the elements in the collection. Since each element of a collection based on IDictionary is a key/value pair, the element type is not the type of the key or the type of the value. Instead, the element type is KeyValuePair. For example:

foreach (KeyValuePair<int, string> kvp in myDictionary) {...}

for each (KeyValuePair<int, String^> kvp in myDictionary) {...}

For Each kvp As KeyValuePair(Of Integer, String) In myDictionary
    ...
Next kvp

The foreach statement is a wrapper around the enumerator, which allows only reading from, not writing to, the collection.

The following code example shows how to enumerate the keys and values in a dictionary, using the KeyValuePair structure.

This code is part of a larger example provided for the Dictionary class.

' When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements,
' the elements are retrieved as KeyValuePair objects.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each kvp As KeyValuePair(Of String, String) In openWith
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}", _
        kvp.Key, kvp.Value)
Next kvp

// When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements,
// the elements are retrieved as KeyValuePair objects.
Console.WriteLine();
foreach( KeyValuePair<string, string> kvp in openWith )
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}", 
        kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
}

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