Take is LINQ functionality to get given number of elements from the beginning of a collection. Below you can find out how to use it.
We’ll start with creating example list of colors:
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var colors = new List<string>() { "red", "green", "blue", "pink", "grey" }; |
Let’s say we want to get first three items, so need to call Take with parameter 3.
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var filteredColors = colors.Take(3); |
Now print the received collection to the console:
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foreach (var color in filteredColors) Console.WriteLine(color); |
Result:
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red green blue |
When we print on screen original list, it stays unchanged:
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foreach (var color in colors) Console.WriteLine(color); |
Result:
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red green blue pink grey |