Example: Predicate based search

public static int main (string[] args) {
HashTable<int, string> table = new HashTable<int, string> (direct_hash, direct_equal);
table.insert (1, "first string");
table.insert (2, "second string");
table.insert (3, "third string");

// Output: ``second string``
unowned string? str = table.find ((k, v) => {
return v.has_prefix ("second");
});
print ("%s\n", str);

return 0;
}

 valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.HashTable.find.vala

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