Set multiple properties in a List<T> ForEach()?
Given a class:
class foo
{
public string a = "";
public int b = 0;
}
Then a generic list of them:
var list = new List<foo>(new []{new foo(), new foo()});
If I am to assign multiple properties inside the following List<T>
ForEach()
method, is there a simpler way to do it that below? Hopefully I'm being a bit thick.
// one property - easy peasy
list.ForEach(lambda => lambda.a="hello!");
// multiple properties - hmm
list.ForEach(lambda => new Action(delegate() { lambda.a = "hello!"; lambda.b = 99;}).Invoke());
Edit: Thought ForEach()
was a LINQ extension method, when it's actually part of List<T>
oops!
All you need to do is introduce some brackets so that your anonymous method can support multiple lines:
list.ForEach(i => { i.a = "hello!"; i.b = 99; });
Anonymous method is your friend
list.ForEach(item =>
{
item.a = "hello!";
item.b = 99;
});
MSDN:
- Anonymous Methods (C# Programming Guide)
list.ForEach(lamba=>lambda.a="hello!");
Becomes
list.ForEach(item=>{
item.a = "hello!";
item.b = 99;
});
Of course you can also assign them when you create the list like :
var list = new List<foo>(new []{new foo(){a="hello!",b=99}, new foo(){a="hello2",b=88}});