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CursorWrapper.GetColumnIndex(String) Method

Definition

Returns the zero-based index for the given column name, or -1 if the column doesn't exist.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getColumnIndex", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I", "GetGetColumnIndex_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
public virtual int GetColumnIndex(string? columnName);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getColumnIndex", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I", "GetGetColumnIndex_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member GetColumnIndex : string -> int
override this.GetColumnIndex : string -> int

Parameters

columnName
String

the name of the target column.

Returns

the zero-based column index for the given column name, or -1 if the column name does not exist. Value is -1 or greater

Implements

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Remarks

Returns the zero-based index for the given column name, or -1 if the column doesn't exist. If you expect the column to exist use getColumnIndexOrThrow(String) instead, which will make the error more clear.

Android reference for android.database.CursorWrapper.getColumnIndex.

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Applies to