C# | Check the HybridDictionary for a specific key

HybridDictionary.Contains(Object) method is used to determine whether the HybridDictionary contains a specific key or not.

Syntax:

public bool Contains (object key);

Here, key is the key to locate in the HybridDictionary.



Return Value: This method will return True if the HybridDictionary contains an entry with the specified key, otherwise, False.

Exception: The method throws ArgumentNullException if the key is null.

Below are the programs to illustrate the use of HybridDictionary.Contains(Object) method:

Example 1:

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// C# code to check whether the
// HybridDictionary contains a specific key.
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
  
        // Creating a HybridDictionary named myDict
        HybridDictionary myDict = new HybridDictionary();
  
        // Adding key/value pairs in myDict
        myDict.Add("A", "Apple");
        myDict.Add("B", "Banana");
        myDict.Add("C", "Cat");
        myDict.Add("D", "Dog");
        myDict.Add("E", "Elephant");
        myDict.Add("F", "Fish");
  
        // To check whether the HybridDictionary
        // contains "G".
        Console.WriteLine(myDict.Contains("G"));
  
        // To check whether the HybridDictionary
        // contains "B".
        Console.WriteLine(myDict.Contains("B"));
    }
}

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Output:


False
True



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// C# code to check whether the 


// HybridDictionary contains a specific key. 


using System; 


using System.Collections; 


using System.Collections.Specialized; 


  


class GFG { 


  


    // Driver code 


    public static void Main() 


    { 


  


        // Creating a HybridDictionary named myDict 


        HybridDictionary myDict = new HybridDictionary(); 


  


        // Adding key/value pairs in myDict 


        myDict.Add("I", "first"); 


        myDict.Add("II", "second"); 


        myDict.Add("III", "third"); 


        myDict.Add("IV", "fourth"); 


        myDict.Add("V", "fifth"); 


  


        // To check whether the HybridDictionary 


        // contains "null". This should raise 


        // "ArgumentNullException" as key is null 


        Console.WriteLine(myDict.Contains(null)); 


    } 


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Runtime Error:



Unhandled Exception:

System.ArgumentNullException: Key cannot be null.

Parameter name: key



Note: This method is an O(1) operation. 


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