'Declaration
 
Function TryGetValue( _
   ByVal key As TKey, _
   ByRef item As TItem _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IReadOnlyKeyedCollection(Of TKey,TItem)
Dim key As TKey
Dim item As TItem
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.TryGetValue(key, item)

bool TryGetValue( 
   TKey key,
   out TItem item
)

bool TryGetValue( 
   TKey^ key,
   [Out] TItem^ item
) 

Parameters

key

The key of the item to search in the collection.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

item

When this method returns true, the item from the collection that matches the provided key; when this method returns false, the default value for the type of the collection.

The value of this parameter can be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows