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StringCollection::IndexOf Method (String^)

 

Searches for the specified string and returns the zero-based index of the first occurrence within the StringCollection.

Namespace:   System.Collections.Specialized
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

public:
int IndexOf(
	String^ value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::String^

The string to locate. The value can be null.

Return Value

Type: System::Int32

The zero-based index of the first occurrence of value in the StringCollection, if found; otherwise, -1.

This method determines equality by calling Object::Equals. String comparisons are case-sensitive.

This method performs a linear search; therefore, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.

Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0, this method uses the collection’s objects’ Equals and CompareTo methods on item to determine whether item exists. In the earlier versions of the .NET Framework, this determination was made by using the Equals and CompareTo methods of the item parameter on the objects in the collection.

The following code example searches the StringCollection for an element.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Collections::Specialized;
void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myCol );
int main()
{

   // Creates and initializes a new StringCollection.
   StringCollection^ myCol = gcnew StringCollection;
   array<String^>^myArr = {"RED","orange","yellow","RED","green","blue","RED","indigo","violet","RED"};
   myCol->AddRange( myArr );
   Console::WriteLine( "Initial contents of the StringCollection:" );
   PrintValues( myCol );

   // Checks whether the collection contains "orange" and, if so, displays its index.
   if ( myCol->Contains( "orange" ) )
      Console::WriteLine( "The collection contains \"orange\" at index {0}.", myCol->IndexOf( "orange" ) );
   else
      Console::WriteLine( "The collection does not contain \"orange\"." );
}

void PrintValues( IEnumerable^ myCol )
{
   IEnumerator^ myEnum = myCol->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      Object^ obj = safe_cast<Object^>(myEnum->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( "   {0}", obj );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
}

/*
This code produces the following output.

Initial contents of the StringCollection:
   RED
   orange
   yellow
   RED
   green
   blue
   RED
   indigo
   violet
   RED

The collection contains "orange" at index 1.

*/

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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