>When my collection only contains a string, I think it should be pretty much straight forward when searching for an item in it. For example, to search for a string in a collection, I have to do this:
>
>

>        Dim lcCache As String = ""
>        Dim lcCacheItem As String = ""
>        Dim llExist As Boolean = False
>        Dim loCache As Collection = New Collection
>
>        For Each lcCacheItem In loCache
>            If lcCacheItem = lcCache Then
>                llExist = True
>            End If
>        Next
>

>
>Isn't there a way to achieve that by using the collection's own method such as:
>
>

>        Dim lcCache As String = ""
>        Dim llExist As Boolean = False
>        Dim loCache As Collection = New Collection
>
>        llExist=loCache.IsMyItemExist(lcCache)
>

Michel,
Use generic version IMHO. You can use Contains or IndexOf (-1 if do not exist):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132398.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132407.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132410.aspx

Cetin