IDictionary.Keys Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Collections

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Gets an ICollection object containing the keys of the IDictionary object.

public:
 property System::Collections::ICollection ^ Keys { System::Collections::ICollection ^ get(); };

public System.Collections.ICollection Keys { get; }

member this.Keys : System.Collections.ICollection

Public ReadOnly Property Keys As ICollection

Property Value

ICollection

An ICollection object containing the keys of the IDictionary object.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to implement the Keys property. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.

public:
    virtual property ICollection^ Keys
    {
        ICollection^ get()
        {
            // Return an array where each item is a key.
            array<Object^>^ keys = gcnew array<Object^>(itemsInUse);
            for (int i = 0; i < itemsInUse; i++)
            {
                keys[i] = items[i]->Key;
            }
            return keys;
        }
    }

public ICollection Keys
{
    get
    {
        // Return an array where each item is a key.
        Object[] keys = new Object[ItemsInUse];
        for (Int32 n = 0; n < ItemsInUse; n++)
            keys[n] = items[n].Key;
        return keys;
    }
}

Public ReadOnly Property Keys() As ICollection Implements IDictionary.Keys
    Get

        ' Return an array where each item is a key.
        ' Note: Declaring keyArray() to have a size of ItemsInUse - 1
        '       ensures that the array is properly sized, in VB.NET
        '       declaring an array of size N creates an array with
        '       0 through N elements, including N, as opposed to N - 1
        '       which is the default behavior in C# and C++.
        Dim keyArray() As Object = New Object(ItemsInUse - 1) {}
        Dim n As Integer
        For n = 0 To ItemsInUse - 1
            keyArray(n) = items(n).Key
        Next n

        Return keyArray
    End Get
End Property

Remarks

The order of the keys in the returned ICollection object is unspecified, but is guaranteed to be the same order as the corresponding values in the ICollection returned by the Values property.

See also

• ICollection