Code can and should throw exceptions in exceptional circumstances. Examples of this include:
Attempting to read past the end of a stream
Not having necessary permissions to access a file
Attempting to perform an invalid operation, such as dividing by zero
A timeout occurring when downloading a...
The finally { ... } block of a try-finally or try-catch-finally will always execute, regardless of whether an exception occurred or not (except when a StackOverflowException has been thrown or call has been made to Environment.FailFast()).
It can be utilized to free or clean up resources acquired i...
This method returns an IEnumerable with all the elements that meets the lambda expression
Example
var personNames = new[]
{
"Foo", "Bar", "Fizz", "Buzz"
};
var namesStartingWithF = personNames.Where(p => p.StartsWith("F"));
Console.W...
var persons = new[]
{
new {Id = 1, Name = "Foo"},
new {Id = 2, Name = "Bar"},
new {Id = 3, Name = "Fizz"},
new {Id = 4, Name = "Buzz"}
};
var personsSortedByNameDescending = persons.OrderByDescending(p => p.Name);
Console.WriteL...
var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var firstNumber = numbers.First();
Console.WriteLine(firstNumber); //1
var firstEvenNumber = numbers.First(n => (n & 1) == 0);
Console.WriteLine(firstEvenNumber); //2
The following throws InvalidOperationException with message "Sequence contain...
var oneNumber = new[] {5};
var theOnlyNumber = oneNumber.Single();
Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumber); //5
var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo = numbers.Single(n => n < 2);
Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo); //1
The following throws Invalid...
var oneNumber = new[] {5};
var theOnlyNumber = oneNumber.SingleOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumber); //5
var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo = numbers.SingleOrDefault(n => n < 2);
Console.WriteLine(theOnlyNumberSmallerThanTwo); //1
var theOnl...
Skip will enumerate the first N items without returning them.
Once item number N+1 is reached, Skip starts returning every enumerated item:
var numbers = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var allNumbersExceptFirstTwo = numbers.Skip(2);
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", allNumbersExceptFirstTwo.ToA...
.NET4.0
var tens = new[] {10,20,30,40,50};
var units = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var sums = tens.Zip(units, (first, second) => first + second);
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", sums));
//11,22,33,44,55
Returns a new dictionary from the source IEnumerable using the provided keySelector function to determine keys. Will throw an ArgumentException if keySelector is not injective(returns a unique value for each member of the source collection.) There are overloads which allow one to specify the value t...
var numbers1to5 = new[] {1,2,3,4,5};
var numbers4to8 = new[] {4,5,6,7,8};
var numbers1to8 = numbers1to5.Union(numbers4to8);
Console.WriteLine(string.Join(",", numbers1to8));
//1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Note that duplicates are removed from the result. If this is undesirable, use Concat ...
var numbers = new[] {2,4,6,8,1,3,5,7};
var numbersOrDefault = numbers.DefaultIfEmpty();
Console.WriteLine(numbers.SequenceEqual(numbersOrDefault)); //True
var noNumbers = new int[0];
var noNumbersOrDefault = noNumbers.DefaultIfEmpty();
Console.WriteLine(noNumbersOrDefault.Count()); //1
C...
