title: How do you use the Find method with a generic List class to find a specific instance by name
body: <p>I have a system.collections.generic.list(of ListBox)</p>
  
  <p>I would like to use the collection classes built-in Find method to find a particular ListBox by the Name of the Listbox</p>
  
  <p>I found the following MSDN article </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x0b5b5bc.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x0b5b5bc.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>This does not work for me because it does not show how to find a SPECIFIC instance in the collection by the collection name.  </p>
  
  <p>The example hard codes the search String of "saurus" into the Find predicate.  I want to pass in the search name.  When I add a variable I the FindListBox function I created I get an error saying the signature doesn't match.</p>
  
  <p>I know I can add a private method to my own class but now I am curious how to implement the Find in the Generic so I can do this.</p>
  
  <p>Seth</p>