List<T>.IndexOf Method (T, Int32, Int32)
Searches for the specified object and returns the zero-based index of the first occurrence within the range of elements in the List<T> that starts at the specified index and contains the specified number of elements.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- index
-
Type:
System.Int32
The zero-based starting index of the search. 0 (zero) is valid in an empty list.
- count
-
Type:
System.Int32
The number of elements in the section to search.
Return Value
Type: System.Int32The zero-based index of the first occurrence of item within the range of elements in the List<T> that starts at index and contains count number of elements, if found; otherwise, –1.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException |
The List<T> is searched forward starting at index and ending at index plus count minus 1, if count is greater than 0.
This method determines equality using the default equality comparer EqualityComparer<T>.Default for T, the type of values in the list.
This method performs a linear search; therefore, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is count.
The following example demonstrates all three overloads of the IndexOf method. A List<T> of strings is created, with one entry that appears twice, at index location 0 and index location 5. The IndexOf(T) method overload searches the list from the beginning, and finds the first occurrence of the string. The IndexOf(T, Int32) method overload is used to search the list beginning with index location 3 and continuing to the end of the list, and finds the second occurrence of the string. Finally, the IndexOf(T, Int32, Int32) method overload is used to search a range of two entries, beginning at index location two; it returns –1 because there are no instances of the search string in that range.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; public class Example { public static void Main() { List<string> dinosaurs = new List<string>(); dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Amargasaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Mamenchisaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Brachiosaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Deinonychus"); dinosaurs.Add("Tyrannosaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus"); Console.WriteLine(); foreach(string dinosaur in dinosaurs) { Console.WriteLine(dinosaur); } Console.WriteLine("\nIndexOf(\"Tyrannosaurus\"): {0}", dinosaurs.IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus")); Console.WriteLine("\nIndexOf(\"Tyrannosaurus\", 3): {0}", dinosaurs.IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 3)); Console.WriteLine("\nIndexOf(\"Tyrannosaurus\", 2, 2): {0}", dinosaurs.IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 2, 2)); } } /* This code example produces the following output: Tyrannosaurus Amargasaurus Mamenchisaurus Brachiosaurus Deinonychus Tyrannosaurus Compsognathus IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus"): 0 IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 3): 5 IndexOf("Tyrannosaurus", 2, 2): -1 */
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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