Splice IEnumerable with Linq

Question

Is there an in-built way to splice an IEnumerable in Linq-To-Objects?

Something like:

List<string> options = new List<string>(); // Array of 20 strings
List<string> lastOptions = options.Splice(1, 5); // Gets me all strings 1 through 5 into a new list

Answer 1

Try:

List<string> options = new List<string>();
List<string> lastOptions = options.Skip(0).Take(5).ToList();

skip is used to show how to skip x elements (tnx drch)

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You could create something like this: (extension method)

public static class SpliceExtension
{
    public static List<T> Splice<T>(this List<T> list, int offset, int count)
    {
        return list.Skip(offset).Take(count).ToList();
    }
}

But this will only be available to Lists.

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You could also use it on IEnumerable<>

public static class SpliceExtension
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> Splice<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, int offset, int count)
    {
        return list.Skip(offset).Take(count);
    }
}

This way the List isn't iterated completely.

use it like:

List<string> lastOptions = options.Splice(1, 5).ToList();

I like this way more, because it can be used on several linq queries.