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How to find a value in a Dictionary with C#

Find a Key

The ContainsKey method checks if a key already exists in the dictionary. The following code snippet checks if a key already exits and if not, add one. 

  1. if (!AuthorList.ContainsKey("Mahesh Chand"))  
  2. {  
  3.     AuthorList["Mahesh Chand"] = 20;  
  4. }  
Find a Value 

The ContainsValue method checks if a value is already exists in the dictionary. The following code snippet checks if a value is already exits. 

  1. if (!AuthorList.ContainsValue(9))  
  2. {  
  3.     Console.WriteLine("Item found");  
  4. }   
Sample 

Here is the complete sample code showing how to use these methods.

  1. // Create a dictionary with string key and Int16 value pair  
  2.   
  3. Dictionary<string, Int16> AuthorList = new Dictionary<string, Int16>();  
  4. AuthorList.Add("Mahesh Chand", 35);  
  5. AuthorList.Add("Mike Gold", 25);  
  6. AuthorList.Add("Praveen Kumar", 29);  
  7. AuthorList.Add("Raj Beniwal", 21);  
  8. AuthorList.Add("Dinesh Beniwal", 84);   
  9.   
  10. // Count  
  11.   
  12. Console.WriteLine("Count: {0}", AuthorList.Count);   
  13.   
  14. // Set Item value  
  15. AuthorList["Neel Beniwal"] = 9;  
  16.   
  17. if (!AuthorList.ContainsKey("Mahesh Chand"))  
  18. {  
  19.     AuthorList["Mahesh Chand"] = 20;  
  20. }  
  21.   
  22. if (!AuthorList.ContainsValue(9))  
  23. {  
  24.     Console.WriteLine("Item found");  
  25. }                      
  26.   
  27. // Read all items  
  28.   
  29. Console.WriteLine("Authors all items:");   
  30.   
  31. foreach (KeyValuePair<string, Int16> author in AuthorList)  
  32. {  
  33.     Console.WriteLine("Key: {0}, Value: {1}", author.Key, author.Value);  
  34. } 

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