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Clear Method

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Removes all elements from the Hashtable.

Namespace:  System.Collections
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Clear
public void Clear()
public:
virtual void Clear() sealed
abstract Clear : unit -> unit 
override Clear : unit -> unit 
public final function Clear()

Implements

IDictionary. . :: . .Clear() () () ()

Exceptions

Exception Condition
NotSupportedException

The Hashtable is read-only.

Remarks

Count is set to zero, and references to other objects from elements of the collection are also released. The capacity remains unchanged.

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

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Hashtable Class

System.Collections Namespace