foreach with index [duplicate]

Solution 1:

I keep this extension method around for this:

public static void Each<T>(this IEnumerable<T> ie, Action<T, int> action)
{
    var i = 0;
    foreach (var e in ie) action(e, i++);
}

And use it like so:

var strings = new List<string>();
strings.Each((str, n) =>
{
    // hooray
});

Or to allow for break-like behaviour:

public static bool Each<T>(this IEnumerable<T> ie, Func<T, int, bool> action)
{
    int i = 0;
    foreach (T e in ie) if (!action(e, i++)) return false;
    return true;
}

var strings = new List<string>() { "a", "b", "c" };

bool iteratedAll = strings.Each ((str, n)) =>
{
    if (str == "b") return false;
    return true;
});

Solution 2:

You can do the following

foreach (var it in someCollection.Select((x, i) => new { Value = x, Index = i }) )
{
   if (it.Index > SomeNumber) //      
}

This will create an anonymous type value for every entry in the collection. It will have two properties

• Value: with the original value in the collection
• Index: with the index within the collection

Solution 3:

The C# foreach doesn't have a built in index. You'll need to add an integer outside the foreach loop and increment it each time.

int i = -1;
foreach (Widget w in widgets)
{
   i++;
   // do something
}

Alternatively, you could use a standard for loop as follows:

for (int i = 0; i < widgets.Length; i++)
{
   w = widgets[i];
   // do something
}

Solution 4:

I like being able to use foreach, so I made an extension method and a structure:

public struct EnumeratedInstance<T>
{
    public long cnt;
    public T item;
}

public static IEnumerable<EnumeratedInstance<T>> Enumerate<T>(this IEnumerable<T> collection)
{
    long counter = 0;
    foreach (var item in collection)
    {
        yield return new EnumeratedInstance<T>
        {
            cnt = counter,
            item = item
        };
        counter++;
    }
}

and an example use:

foreach (var ii in new string[] { "a", "b", "c" }.Enumerate())
{
    Console.WriteLine(ii.item + ii.cnt);
}

One nice thing is that if you are used to the Python syntax, you can still use it:

foreach (var ii in Enumerate(new string[] { "a", "b", "c" }))