Overview of the class <b><kbd>Dictionary<K,V></kbd></b>

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Collection Classes - slide 26 : 36

Overview of the class Dictionary<K,V>

The generic dictionary tree

Members of class Dictionary<K,V>
- Constructors
  - Dictionary(), Dictionary(IDictionary<K,V>), Dictionary(IEqualityComparer<K>), Dictionary(int), and more
- Value addition
  - Add(K, V),
    this[K] = V if K is not already in the dictionary
- Value mutation
  - this[K] = V if K is already in the dictionary
- Element removal
  - Remove(K), Clear()
- Value access
  - this[K], Values, TryGetValue(K, out V)
- Key access
  - Keys
- Boolean queries
  - ContainsKey(K), ContainsValue(V)
- Others
  - Count
  - Comparer