Dictionary<TKey,TValue>.IDictionary.Keys Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Collections.Generic

Assembly:

System.Collections.dll

Source:

Dictionary.cs

Gets an ICollection containing the keys of the IDictionary.

property System::Collections::ICollection ^ System::Collections::IDictionary::Keys { System::Collections::ICollection ^ get(); };

System.Collections.ICollection System.Collections.IDictionary.Keys { get; }

member this.System.Collections.IDictionary.Keys : System.Collections.ICollection

 ReadOnly Property Keys As ICollection Implements IDictionary.Keys

Property Value

ICollection

An ICollection containing the keys of the IDictionary.

Implements

Keys

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the IDictionary.Keys property of the System.Collections.IDictionary interface with a Dictionary<TKey,TValue>, to list the keys in the dictionary. The example also shows how to enumerate the key/value pairs in the dictionary; note that the enumerator for the System.Collections.IDictionary interface returns DictionaryEntry objects rather than KeyValuePair<TKey,TValue> objects.

The code example is part of a larger example, including output, provided for the IDictionary.Add method.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Example
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Create a new dictionary of strings, with string keys,
        // and access it using the IDictionary interface.
        //
        IDictionary openWith = new Dictionary<string, string>();

        // Add some elements to the dictionary. There are no
        // duplicate keys, but some of the values are duplicates.
        // IDictionary.Add throws an exception if incorrect types
        // are supplied for key or value.
        openWith.Add("txt", "notepad.exe");
        openWith.Add("bmp", "paint.exe");
        openWith.Add("dib", "paint.exe");
        openWith.Add("rtf", "wordpad.exe");

open System
open System.Collections
open System.Collections.Generic

// Create a new dictionary of strings, with string keys,
// and access it using the IDictionary interface.
let openWith: IDictionary = Dictionary<string, string>()

// Add some elements to the dictionary. There are no
// duplicate keys, but some of the values are duplicates.
// IDictionary.Add throws an exception if incorrect types
// are supplied for key or value.
openWith.Add("txt", "notepad.exe")
openWith.Add("bmp", "paint.exe")
openWith.Add("dib", "paint.exe")
openWith.Add("rtf", "wordpad.exe")

Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Collections.Generic

Public Class Example
    
    Public Shared Sub Main() 

        ' Create a new dictionary of strings, with string keys,
        ' and access it using the IDictionary interface.
        '
        Dim openWith As IDictionary = _
            New Dictionary(Of String, String)
        
        ' Add some elements to the dictionary. There are no 
        ' duplicate keys, but some of the values are duplicates.
        ' IDictionary.Add throws an exception if incorrect types
        ' are supplied for key or value.
        openWith.Add("txt", "notepad.exe")
        openWith.Add("bmp", "paint.exe")
        openWith.Add("dib", "paint.exe")
        openWith.Add("rtf", "wordpad.exe")

// To get the keys alone, use the Keys property.
icoll = openWith.Keys;

// The elements of the collection are strongly typed
// with the type that was specified for dictionary keys,
// even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
// typed.
Console.WriteLine();
foreach( string s in icoll )
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}", s);
}

// To get the keys alone, use the Keys property.
let icoll2: ICollection = openWith.Keys

// The elements of the collection are strongly typed
// with the type that was specified for dictionary keys,
// even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
// typed.
printfn ""

for s in icoll2 do
    printfn $"Key = {s}"

' To get the keys alone, use the Keys property.
icoll = openWith.Keys

' The elements of the collection are strongly typed
' with the type that was specified for dictionary keys,
' even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
' typed.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each s As String In  icoll
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}", s)
Next s

// When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements
// with the IDictionary interface, the elements are retrieved
// as DictionaryEntry objects instead of KeyValuePair objects.
Console.WriteLine();
foreach( DictionaryEntry de in openWith )
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}",
        de.Key, de.Value);
}

// When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements
// with the IDictionary interface, the elements are retrieved
// as DictionaryEntry objects instead of KeyValuePair objects.
printfn ""

for de in openWith do
    let de = de :?> DictionaryEntry
    printfn $"For key = {de.Key}, value = {de.Value}"

' When you use foreach to enumerate dictionary elements
' with the IDictionary interface, the elements are retrieved
' as DictionaryEntry objects instead of KeyValuePair objects.
Console.WriteLine()
For Each de As DictionaryEntry In openWith
    Console.WriteLine("Key = {0}, Value = {1}", _
        de.Key, de.Value)
Next

    }
}

    End Sub

End Class

Remarks

The order of the keys in the returned ICollection is unspecified, but it is guaranteed to be the same order as the corresponding values in the ICollection returned by the Values property.

Getting the value of this property is an O(1) operation.

See also

• ICollection