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Hi all,

How can I use the contains method to find a partial value in a list
eg
if I have a list that contains
"I love my Dog"
"I hate the mouse"
and I want to know if the list contains the partial string "Dog"

Thanks
Robert
Jul 22 '06 #1
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Hello Robert,
Hi all,

How can I use the contains method to find a partial value in a list
eg
if I have a list that contains
"I love my Dog"
"I hate the mouse"
and I want to know if the list contains the partial string "Dog"
[PD] If you mean Contains method of the List<type then AFAIK you can't.
Use Find instead:
myList.Find(del egate(string item)
{
return item.Contains(" Dog");
});

Piotr Dobrowolski
Piotr.Dobrowols ki_usun_gmail.c om
Jul 22 '06 #2

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