PropertyCollection.IDictionary.Remove(Object) Method

Definition

Removes the element with the specified key from the IDictionary object.

C#
void IDictionary.Remove(object key);

Parameters

key
Object

The key of the element to remove.

Implements

Exceptions

key is null.

The IDictionary object is read-only.

-or-

The IDictionary has a fixed size.

Examples

The following example shows how to implement the Remove method. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IDictionary class.

C#
public void Remove(object key)
{
    if (key == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("key");
    // Try to find the key in the DictionaryEntry array
    Int32 index;
    if (TryGetIndexOfKey(key, out index))
    {
        // If the key is found, slide all the items up.
        Array.Copy(items, index + 1, items, index, ItemsInUse - index - 1);
        ItemsInUse--;
    }
    else
    {
        // If the key is not in the dictionary, just return.
    }
}

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 1.1, 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 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10