Method SafeGet

SafeGet<TKey, TValue>(Dictionary<TKey, TValue>, TKey, bool)

Safe version of Dictionary [] operator, which will optionally add element if target elements does not exist based on autoAdd Returns the default value of the value type if the key does not exist and the autoAdd parameter is false.

Declaration

public static TValue SafeGet<TKey, TValue>(this Dictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary, TKey key, bool autoAdd = true) where TValue : new()

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Dictionary<TKey, TValue>	dictionary	The dictionary to get a value from.
TKey	key	The key to get the value for.
bool	autoAdd	Whether to automatically add a default value to the dictionary if the key is not already present. Default is true.

Returns

Type	Description
TValue	The value associated with the specified key if the key is found, otherwise the default value of the value type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TKey	The type of the dictionary keys.
TValue	The type of the dictionary values.