C# – LINQ Take Example - CSharp Academy

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:

var colors = new List<string>() { “red”, “green”, “blue”, “pink”, “grey” };

1	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.

var filteredColors = colors.Take(3);

1	var filteredColors = colors.Take(3);

Now print the received collection to the console:

foreach (var color in filteredColors)<br />
    Console.WriteLine(color);

1 2	foreach (var color in filteredColors) Console.WriteLine(color);

Result:

red<br />
green<br />
blue

red

green

blue

When we print on screen original list, it stays unchanged:

foreach (var color in colors)<br />
    Console.WriteLine(color);

1 2	foreach (var color in colors) Console.WriteLine(color);

Result:

red<br />
green<br />
blue<br />
pink<br />
grey

red

green

blue

pink

grey