SortedList<TKey,TValue>.IDictionary.Values Property

Definition

Gets an ICollection containing the values in the IDictionary.

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

Property Value

An ICollection containing the values in the IDictionary.

Implements

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the IDictionary.Values property of the System.Collections.IDictionary interface with a SortedList<TKey,TValue>, to list the values in the sorted list. The example also shows how to enumerate the key/value pairs in the sorted list; 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 sorted list of strings, with string keys,
        // and access it using the IDictionary interface.
        //
        IDictionary openWith = new SortedList<string, string>();

        // Add some elements to the sorted list. 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 values alone, use the Values property.
ICollection icoll = openWith.Values;

// The elements of the collection are strongly typed
// with the type that was specified for values,
// even though the ICollection interface is not strongly
// typed.
Console.WriteLine();
foreach( string s in icoll )
{
    Console.WriteLine("Value = {0}", s);
}
// When you use foreach to enumerate sorted list 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);
}
    }
}

Remarks

The order of the values in the ICollection is the same as the order in the SortedList<TKey,TValue>.

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

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
.NET Framework 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 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also