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ICursor.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:Android.Database.ICursorInvoker, Mono.Android, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null")]
public int GetColumnIndex (string? columnName);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getColumnIndex", "(Ljava/lang/String;)I", "GetGetColumnIndex_Ljava_lang_String_Handler:Android.Database.ICursorInvoker, Mono.Android, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null")>]
abstract member 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.

Attributes

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.

Java documentation for android.database.Cursor.getColumnIndex(java.lang.String).

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