/// <summary>
 /// Try to find the text item and returns the index in the collection. If the
 /// item is not found, the function returns -1.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="item">The text item to find.</param>
 /// <returns>The ordinal number  or double.NaN if the item is not found.</returns>
 public int IndexOf(string item)
 {
     return(_itemList.IndexOf(item));
 }