IDictionary.Add Method
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
You can also use the Item property to add new elements by setting the value of a key that does not exist in the dictionary (for example, myCollection["myNonexistentKey"] = myValue). However, if the specified key already exists in the dictionary, setting the Item property overwrites the old value. In contrast, the Add method does not modify existing elements.
Implementations can vary in whether they allow the key to be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
The following code example demonstrates how to implement the Add method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.
public: virtual void Add(Object^ key, Object^ value) { // Add the new key/value pair even if this key already exists // in the dictionary. if (itemsInUse == items->Length) { throw gcnew InvalidOperationException ("The dictionary cannot hold any more items."); } items[itemsInUse++] = gcnew DictionaryEntry(key, value); }
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.