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NameObjectCollectionBase.BaseSet Method (Int32, Object)

Sets the value of the entry at the specified index of the NameObjectCollectionBase instance.

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

'Declaration
Protected Sub BaseSet ( _
	index As Integer, _
	value As Object _
)

Parameters

index
Type: System.Int32
The zero-based index of the entry to set.
value
Type: System.Object
The Object that represents the new value of the entry to set. The value can be Nothing.

ExceptionCondition
NotSupportedException

The collection is read-only.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is outside the valid range of indexes for the collection.

This method is an O(1) operation.

The following code example uses BaseSet to set the value of a specific element.


Imports System
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Specialized

Public Class MyCollection
   Inherits NameObjectCollectionBase

   ' Gets or sets the value at the specified index.
   Default Public Property Item(index As Integer) As [Object]
      Get
         Return Me.BaseGet(index)
      End Get
      Set
         Me.BaseSet(index, value)
      End Set
   End Property

   ' Gets or sets the value associated with the specified key.
   Default Public Property Item(key As [String]) As [Object]
      Get
         Return Me.BaseGet(key)
      End Get
      Set
         Me.BaseSet(key, value)
      End Set
   End Property

   ' Gets a String array that contains all the keys in the collection.
   Public ReadOnly Property AllKeys() As [String]()
      Get
         Return Me.BaseGetAllKeys()
      End Get
   End Property

   ' Adds elements from an IDictionary into the new collection.
   Public Sub New(d As IDictionary)
      Dim de As DictionaryEntry
      For Each de In  d
         Me.BaseAdd(CType(de.Key, [String]), de.Value)
      Next de
   End Sub 'New

End Class 'MyCollection


Public Class SamplesNameObjectCollectionBase   

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Creates and initializes a new MyCollection instance.
      Dim d = New ListDictionary()
      d.Add("red", "apple")
      d.Add("yellow", "banana")
      d.Add("green", "pear")
      Dim myCol As New MyCollection(d)
      Console.WriteLine("Initial state of the collection:")
      PrintKeysAndValues2(myCol)
      Console.WriteLine()

      ' Sets the value at index 1.
      myCol(1) = "sunflower"
      Console.WriteLine("After setting the value at index 1:")
      PrintKeysAndValues2(myCol)
      Console.WriteLine()

      ' Sets the value associated with the key "red".
      myCol("red") = "tulip"
      Console.WriteLine("After setting the value associated with the key ""red"":")
      PrintKeysAndValues2(myCol)

   End Sub 'Main

   Public Shared Sub PrintKeysAndValues2(myCol As MyCollection)
      Dim s As [String]
      For Each s In  myCol.AllKeys
         Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", s, myCol(s))
      Next s
   End Sub 'PrintKeysAndValues2

End Class 'SamplesNameObjectCollectionBase 


'This code produces the following output.
'
'Initial state of the collection:
'red, apple
'yellow, banana
'green, pear
'
'After setting the value at index 1:
'red, apple
'yellow, sunflower
'green, pear
'
'After setting the value associated with the key "red":
'red, tulip
'yellow, sunflower
'green, pear



.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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