Dictionary.Remove Method

public bool Remove (
	TKey key
)

public final boolean Remove (
	TKey key
)

public final function Remove (
	key : TKey
) : boolean

Not applicable.

Parameters

key

The key of the element to remove.

Return Value

If the Dictionary does not contain an element with the specified key, the Dictionary remains unchanged. No exception is thrown.

This method approaches an O(1) operation.

The following code example shows how to remove a key/value pair from a dictionary using the Remove method.

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

// Use the Remove method to remove a key/value pair.
Console.WriteLine("\nRemove(\"doc\")");
openWith.Remove("doc");

if (!openWith.ContainsKey("doc"))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key \"doc\" is not found.");
}

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.

.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework

XNA Framework