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ICollection<T>.Contains(T) Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Collections.Generic
Assemblies:
mscorlib.dll, System.Runtime.dll
Assemblies:
netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
System.Runtime.dll
Assembly:
mscorlib.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll
Source:
ICollection.cs
Source:
ICollection.cs
Source:
Tuple.cs

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Determines whether the ICollection<T> contains a specific value.

public:
 bool Contains(T item);
public bool Contains(T item);
abstract member Contains : 'T -> bool
Public Function Contains (item As T) As Boolean

Parameters

item
T

The object to locate in the ICollection<T>.

Returns

true if item is found in the ICollection<T>; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Implementations can vary in how they determine equality of objects; for example, List<T> uses EqualityComparer<T>.Default, whereas Dictionary<TKey,TValue> allows the user to specify the IEqualityComparer<T> implementation to use for comparing keys.

Applies to


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