Determines if the Hashtable contains a specific key.
[Visual Basic] Overridable Public Function Contains( _ ByVal key As Object _ ) As Boolean [C#] public virtual bool Contains( object key ); [C++] public: virtual bool Contains( Object* key ); [JScript] public function Contains( key : Object ) : Boolean;
true if the Hashtable contains an entry with the specified key; otherwise, false.
Exception Type | Condition |
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ArgumentNullException | key is a null reference (in Visual Basic Nothing). |
This method can be overridden by a derived class.
This implementation is an O(1) operation.
This method implements the IDictionary interface. It behaves exactly as ContainsKey.
Hashtable Class | Hashtable Members | System.Collections Namespace | ContainsKey | IDictionary