Remove Method
.NET Framework Class Library
IDictionary..::.Remove Method

Removes the element with the specified key from the IDictionary object.

Namespace:  System.Collections
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Sub Remove ( _
    key As Object _
)
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As IDictionary
Dim key As Object

instance.Remove(key)
C#
void Remove(
    Object key
)
Visual C++
void Remove(
    Object^ key
)
JScript
function Remove(
    key : Object
)

Parameters

key
Type: System..::.Object
The key of the element to remove.
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

key is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

NotSupportedException

The IDictionary object is read-only.

-or-

The IDictionary has a fixed size.

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

The following code example demonstrates how to implement the Remove method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.

Visual Basic
Public Sub Remove(ByVal key As Object) Implements IDictionary.Remove
    If key = Nothing Then
        Throw New ArgumentNullException("key")
    End If
    ' Try to find the key in the DictionaryEntry array
    Dim index As Integer
    If TryGetIndexOfKey(key, index) Then

        ' If the key is found, slide all the items up.
        Array.Copy(items, index + 1, items, index, (ItemsInUse - index) - 1)
        ItemsInUse = ItemsInUse - 1
    Else

        ' If the key is not in the dictionary, just return. 
    End If
End Sub
C#
public void Remove(object key)
{
    if (key == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
    // Try to find the key in the DictionaryEntry array
    Int32 index;
    if (TryGetIndexOfKey(key, out index))
    {
        // If the key is found, slide all the items up.
        Array.Copy(items, index + 1, items, index, ItemsInUse - index - 1);
        ItemsInUse--;
    } 
    else
    {
        // If the key is not in the dictionary, just return. 
    }
}
Visual C++
public:
    virtual void Remove(Object^ key)
    {
        if (key == nullptr)
        {
            throw gcnew ArgumentNullException("key");
        }
        // Try to find the key in the DictionaryEntry array
        int index;
        if (TryGetIndexOfKey(key, &index))
        {
            // If the key is found, slide all the items down.
            Array::Copy(items, index + 1, items, index, itemsInUse -
                index - 1);
            itemsInUse--;
        }
        else
        {
            // If the key is not in the dictionary, just return.
            return;
        }
    }

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.

.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
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