Collection<T>.Contains(T) Method

Definition

Determines whether an element is in the Collection<T>.

C#
public bool Contains (T item);

Parameters

item
T

The object to locate in the Collection<T>. The value can be null for reference types.

Returns

true if item is found in the Collection<T>; otherwise, false.

Implements

Remarks

If the Collection<T> object is created using the parameterless constructor, this method determines equality using the default equality comparer EqualityComparer<T>.Default for T, the type of values in the list. If type T does not implement the IEquatable<T> interface, the Equals method is used.

If the Collection object is created by passing an IList<T> object to the constructor, the Contains method will be determined by the IEqualityComparer<T> interface used by that IList<T> object.

This method performs a linear search; therefore, the average execution time is proportional to Count. That is, this method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also