Collection<T>.Clear Method ()
Removes all elements from the Collection<T>.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Notes to Inheritors:
Derived classes can override ClearItems to change the behavior of this method.
The following code example demonstrates many of the properties and methods of Collection<T>. The code example creates a collection of strings, uses the Add method to add several strings, displays the Count, and lists the strings. The example uses the IndexOf method to find the index of a string and the Contains method to determine whether a string is in the collection. The example inserts a string using the Insert method and retrieves and sets strings using the default Item property (the indexer in C#). The example removes strings by string identity using the Remove method and by index using the RemoveAt method. Finally, the Clear method is used to clear all strings from the collection.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Collections.ObjectModel; public class Demo { public static void Main() { Collection<string> dinosaurs = new Collection<string>(); dinosaurs.Add("Psitticosaurus"); dinosaurs.Add("Caudipteryx"); dinosaurs.Add("Compsognathus"); dinosaurs.Add("Muttaburrasaurus"); Console.WriteLine("{0} dinosaurs:", dinosaurs.Count); Display(dinosaurs); Console.WriteLine("\nIndexOf(\"Muttaburrasaurus\"): {0}", dinosaurs.IndexOf("Muttaburrasaurus")); Console.WriteLine("\nContains(\"Caudipteryx\"): {0}", dinosaurs.Contains("Caudipteryx")); Console.WriteLine("\nInsert(2, \"Nanotyrannus\")"); dinosaurs.Insert(2, "Nanotyrannus"); Display(dinosaurs); Console.WriteLine("\ndinosaurs[2]: {0}", dinosaurs[2]); Console.WriteLine("\ndinosaurs[2] = \"Microraptor\""); dinosaurs[2] = "Microraptor"; Display(dinosaurs); Console.WriteLine("\nRemove(\"Microraptor\")"); dinosaurs.Remove("Microraptor"); Display(dinosaurs); Console.WriteLine("\nRemoveAt(0)"); dinosaurs.RemoveAt(0); Display(dinosaurs); Console.WriteLine("\ndinosaurs.Clear()"); dinosaurs.Clear(); Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", dinosaurs.Count); } private static void Display(Collection<string> cs) { Console.WriteLine(); foreach( string item in cs ) { Console.WriteLine(item); } } } /* This code example produces the following output: 4 dinosaurs: Psitticosaurus Caudipteryx Compsognathus Muttaburrasaurus IndexOf("Muttaburrasaurus"): 3 Contains("Caudipteryx"): True Insert(2, "Nanotyrannus") Psitticosaurus Caudipteryx Nanotyrannus Compsognathus Muttaburrasaurus dinosaurs[2]: Nanotyrannus dinosaurs[2] = "Microraptor" Psitticosaurus Caudipteryx Microraptor Compsognathus Muttaburrasaurus Remove("Microraptor") Psitticosaurus Caudipteryx Compsognathus Muttaburrasaurus RemoveAt(0) Caudipteryx Compsognathus Muttaburrasaurus dinosaurs.Clear() Count: 0 */
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