C# – LINQ Skip Example - CSharp Academy

Skip is LINQ functionality to filter collection by omitting given number of first elements. Below is an example how to use it.

Let’s create a simple collection of strings:

var animals = new List<string>() { “dog”, “cat”, “lion”, “duck”, “fish” };

1	var animals = new List<string>() { “dog”, “cat”, “lion”, “duck”, “fish” };

Now call the Skip function with parameter 2:

var filteredAnimals = animals.Skip(2);

1	var filteredAnimals = animals.Skip(2);

Print the filtered collection to screen using foreach loop:

foreach (var animal in filteredAnimals)<br />
    Console.WriteLine(animal);

1 2	foreach (var animal in filteredAnimals) Console.WriteLine(animal);

Result:

lion<br />
duck<br />
fish

lion

duck

fish

As we can see first two items (dog and cat) are skipped. Please notice the original collection remains unchanged.

Let’s print it to the console:

foreach (var animal in animals)<br />
    Console.WriteLine(animal);

1 2	foreach (var animal in animals) Console.WriteLine(animal);

Result:

dog<br />
cat<br />
lion<br />
duck<br />
fish

dog

cat

lion

duck

fish