Dictionary<TKey, TValue>.ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.Remove Method (KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>)

 

Removes a key and value from the dictionary.

Namespace:   System.Collections.Generic
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

bool ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.Remove(
	KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> keyValuePair
)

Parameters

keyValuePair
Type: System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>

The KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue> structure representing the key and value to remove from the Dictionary<TKey, TValue>.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean

true if the key and value represented by keyValuePair is successfully found and removed; otherwise, false. This method returns false if keyValuePair is not found in the ICollection<T>.

This method uses Comparer to determine equality for the key, and the default equality comparer Default to determine equality for the value.

This method approaches an O(1) operation.

The following example shows how to use the ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.Add, ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.Contains, ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.CopyTo, and ICollection<KeyValuePair<TKey, TValue>>.Remove methods of the ICollection<T> generic interface to manipulate a Dictionary<TKey, TValue> object.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Create a new dictionary of strings, with string keys, and
        // access it through the generic ICollection interface. The
        // generic ICollection interface views the dictionary as a
        // collection of KeyValuePair objects with the same type
        // arguments as the dictionary.
        //
        ICollection<KeyValuePair<String, String>> openWith =
            new Dictionary<String, String>();

        // Add some elements to the dictionary. When elements are 
        // added through the ICollection<T> interface, the keys
        // and values must be wrapped in KeyValuePair objects.
        //
        openWith.Add(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("txt", "notepad.exe"));
        openWith.Add(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("bmp", "paint.exe"));
        openWith.Add(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("dib", "paint.exe"));
        openWith.Add(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("rtf", "wordpad.exe"));

        Console.WriteLine();
        foreach( KeyValuePair<string, string> element in openWith )
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", element.Key, element.Value);
        }

        // The Contains method also takes a KeyValuePair object.
        //
        Console.WriteLine(
            "\nContains(KeyValuePair(\"txt\", \"notepad.exe\")): {0}", 
            openWith.Contains(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("txt", "notepad.exe")));

        // The Remove method takes a KeyValuePair object.)
        //
        // Use the Remove method to remove a key/value pair.
        Console.WriteLine("\nRemove(new KeyValuePair(\"dib\", \"paint.exe\"))");
        openWith.Remove(new KeyValuePair<String,String>("dib", "paint.exe"));

        Console.WriteLine();
        foreach( KeyValuePair<string, string> element in openWith )
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", element.Key, element.Value);
        }

        // Create an array of KeyValuePair objects and copy the 
        // contents of the dictionary to it. 
        // 
        KeyValuePair<string, string>[] copy = 
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>[openWith.Count];
        openWith.CopyTo(copy, 0);

        // List the contents of the array.
        //
        Console.WriteLine();
        foreach( KeyValuePair<string, string> element in copy )
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", element.Key, element.Value);
        }
    }
}

/* This code example produces the following output:

txt, notepad.exe
bmp, paint.exe
dib, paint.exe
rtf, wordpad.exe

Contains(KeyValuePair("txt", "notepad.exe")): True

Remove(new KeyValuePair("dib", "paint.exe"))

txt, notepad.exe
bmp, paint.exe
rtf, wordpad.exe

txt, notepad.exe
bmp, paint.exe
rtf, wordpad.exe
 */

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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