HashSet.RemoveWhere(Predicate) Method

public:
 int RemoveWhere(Predicate ^ match);

public int RemoveWhere(Predicate match);

member this.RemoveWhere : Predicate<'T> -> int

Public Function RemoveWhere (match As Predicate(Of T)) As Integer

Parameters

Returns

The number of elements that were removed from the HashSet collection.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to remove values from a HashSet collection using the Remove method. In this example, all odd integers are removed from the HashSet collection as specified by the match delegate.

HashSet numbers = new HashSet();

for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
    numbers.Add(i);
}

// Display all the numbers in the hash table.
Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count);
DisplaySet(numbers);

// Remove all odd numbers.
numbers.RemoveWhere(IsOdd);
Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count);
DisplaySet(numbers);

// Check if the hash table contains 0 and, if so, remove it.
if (numbers.Contains(0)) {
    numbers.Remove(0);
}
Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count);
DisplaySet(numbers);

bool IsOdd(int i)
{
    return ((i % 2) == 1);
}

void DisplaySet(HashSet set)
{
    Console.Write("{");
    foreach (int i in set)
        Console.Write(" {0}", i);

    Console.WriteLine(" }");
}

// This example displays the following output:
//    numbers contains 20 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 }
//    numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }
//    numbers contains 9 elements: { 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }

let isOdd i = i % 2 = 1

let displaySet (set: HashSet) =
    printf "{"

    for i in set do
        printf $" {i}"

    printfn " }"

let numbers = HashSet()

for i in 1..20 do
    numbers.Add i |> ignore

// Display all the numbers in the hash table.
printf $"numbers contains {numbers.Count} elements: "
displaySet numbers

// Remove all odd numbers.
numbers.RemoveWhere isOdd |> ignore
printf $"numbers contains {numbers.Count} elements: "
displaySet numbers

// Check if the hash table contains 0 and, if so, remove it.
if numbers.Contains 0 then
    numbers.Remove 0 |> ignore

printf $"numbers contains {numbers.Count} elements: "
displaySet numbers
// This example displays the following output:
//    numbers contains 20 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 }
//    numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }
//    numbers contains 9 elements: { 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }

Imports System.Collections.Generic

Module Example
    Public Sub Main()
        Dim numbers As New HashSet(Of Integer)()

        For i As Integer = 0 To 19
            numbers.Add(i)
        Next i

        ' Display all the numbers in the hash table.
        Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count)
        DisplaySet(numbers)

        ' Remove all odd numbers.
        numbers.RemoveWhere(AddressOf IsOdd)
        Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count)
        DisplaySet(numbers)

        ' Check if the hash table contains 0 and, if so, remove it.
        If numbers.Contains(0) Then
            numbers.Remove(0)
        End If
        Console.Write("numbers contains {0} elements: ", numbers.Count)
        DisplaySet(numbers)
    End Sub

    Private Function IsOdd(ByVal i As Integer) As Boolean
        Return ((i Mod 2) = 1)
    End Function

    Private Sub DisplaySet(ByVal coll As HashSet(Of Integer))
        Console.Write("{")
        For Each i As Integer In coll
            Console.Write(" {0}", i)
        Next
        Console.WriteLine(" }")
    End Sub
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'    numbers contains 20 elements: { 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 }
'    numbers contains 10 elements: { 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }
'    numbers contains 9 elements: { 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 }

Remarks

Calling this method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.