HashSet<T>.Clear Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Collections.Generic

Assemblies:: System.Collections.dll, System.Core.dll

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Collections.dll

Assembly:: System.Collections.dll

Assembly:: System.Core.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: HashSet.cs

Source:: HashSet.cs

Source:: HashSet.cs

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Removes all elements from a HashSet<T> object.

public:
 virtual void Clear();

public void Clear();

abstract member Clear : unit -> unit
override this.Clear : unit -> unit

Public Sub Clear ()

Implements

Clear()

Examples

The following example creates and populates a HashSet<T> collection, then clears it and releases the memory referenced by the collection.

HashSet<int> Numbers = new HashSet<int>();

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    Numbers.Add(i);
}

Console.Write("Numbers contains {0} elements: ", Numbers.Count);
DisplaySet(Numbers);

Numbers.Clear();
Numbers.TrimExcess();

Console.Write("Numbers contains {0} elements: ", Numbers.Count);
DisplaySet(Numbers);

void DisplaySet(HashSet<int> set)
{
    Console.Write("{");
    foreach (int i in set)
    {
        Console.Write(" {0}", i);
    }
    Console.WriteLine(" }");
}

/* This example produces output similar to the following:
* Numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 }
* Numbers contains 0 elements: { }
*/

let displaySet (set: HashSet<int>) =
    printf "{"

    for i in set do
        printf $" {i}"

    printfn " }"
// This example produces output similar to the following:
//     Numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 }
//     Numbers contains 0 elements: { }
let numbers = HashSet<int>()

for i = 0 to 9 do
    numbers.Add i |> ignore

printf $"Numbers contains {numbers.Count} elements: "
displaySet numbers

numbers.Clear()
numbers.TrimExcess()

printf $"Numbers contains {numbers.Count} elements: "
displaySet numbers

Imports System.Collections.Generic

Class Program

    Shared Sub Main()

        Dim Numbers As HashSet(Of Integer) = New HashSet(Of Integer)()

        For i As Integer = 0 To 9
            Numbers.Add(i)
        Next i

        Console.Write("Numbers contains {0} elements: ", Numbers.Count)
        DisplaySet(Numbers)

        Numbers.Clear()
        Numbers.TrimExcess()

        Console.Write("Numbers contains {0} elements: ", Numbers.Count)
        DisplaySet(Numbers)

    End Sub
    ' This code example produces output similar to the following:
    ' Numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 }
    ' Numbers contains 0 elements: { }

    Private Shared Sub DisplaySet(ByVal coll As HashSet(Of Integer))
        Console.Write("{")
        For Each i As Integer In coll
            Console.Write(" {0}", i)
        Next i
        Console.WriteLine(" }")
    End Sub

End Class

Remarks

Count is set to zero and references to other objects from elements of the collection are also released. The capacity remains unchanged until a call to TrimExcess is made.

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, 10
.NET Framework	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, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP	10.0

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