List(Of T).IList.Contains Method
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Determines whether the IList contains a specific value.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
'Declaration Private Function Contains ( _ item As Object _ ) As Boolean Implements IList.Contains
Parameters
- item
- Type: System.Object
The Object to locate in the IList.
Implements
IList.Contains(Object)This method determines equality using the default equality comparer EqualityComparer(Of 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.
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