Adds a key/value pair to the 
IDictionary if the key does not already exist.
            
            
            
Syntax
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Public Overloads Function GetOrAdd( _
   ByVal key As TKey, _
   ByVal value As TValue _
) As TValue  | 
 
            Parameters
- key
 
- The key of the element to add.
 - value
 
- The value to be added, if the key does not already exist.
 
            
             
            
						
            
            
            
            
Example
Library/Library.Test/TestLurchTable.cs
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var data = new LurchTableTest<int, string>();
Assert.AreEqual("a", data.GetOrAdd(1, "a"));
Assert.AreEqual("a", data.GetOrAdd(1, "b"));
Assert.AreEqual("b", data.GetOrAdd(2, k => "b"));
Assert.AreEqual("b", data.GetOrAdd(2, k => "c")); | 
 
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Dim data As var = New LurchTableTest(Of Integer, String)()
Assert.AreEqual("a", data.GetOrAdd(1, "a"))
Assert.AreEqual("a", data.GetOrAdd(1, "b"))
Assert.AreEqual("b", data.GetOrAdd(2, Function(k) "b"))
Assert.AreEqual("b", data.GetOrAdd(2, Function(k) "c")) | 
 
 
            
            
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7
 
            
            
See Also