using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
string[] presidents = {"G", "H", "a", "H", "over", "Jack"};
int count = presidents.Count(s => s.StartsWith("H"));
Console.WriteLine(count);
}
}
Month: February 2011
Concat Prototype
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
string[] presidents = {"ant", "arding", "arrison", "eyes", "over", "ackson"};
IEnumerable<string> items = presidents.Take(5).Concat(presidents.Skip(5));
foreach (string item in items)
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
}
Concatention by Using the Concat Operator
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
string[] presidents = {"ant", "arding", "rison", "eyes", "over", "ackson"};
IEnumerable<string> items = new[] {
presidents.Take(5),
presidents.Skip(5)
}.SelectMany(s => s);
foreach (string item in items)
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
}
Concat appends one sequence to another
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
int[] seq1 = { 1, 2, 3 };
int[] seq2 = { 3, 4, 5 };
IEnumerable<int> concat = seq1.Concat(seq2); // { 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 }
IEnumerable<int> union = seq1.Union(seq2); // { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }
}
}
Contains with string value
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
string[] presidents = {"G", "H", "a", "H", "over", "Jack"};
bool contains = presidents.Contains("H");
Console.WriteLine(contains);
}
}
Contains with string value and IEqualityComparer
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MyStringifiedNumberComparer : IEqualityComparer<string> {
public bool Equals(string x, string y) {
return (Int32.Parse(x) == Int32.Parse(y));
}
public int GetHashCode(string obj) {
return Int32.Parse(obj).ToString().GetHashCode();
}
}
public class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
string[] stringifiedNums = {"001", "49", "017", "0080", "00027", "2" };
bool contains = stringifiedNums.Contains("000271",new MyStringifiedNumberComparer());
Console.WriteLine(contains);
}
}
Use Contains to check the existance of an element
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
public class MainClass{
public static void Main(){
int[] numbers = { 2, 6, 1, 56, 102 };
Console.WriteLine("Is there the number 102?");
Console.Write(numbers.Contains(102) ? "Yes, there is" : "No, there isn't");
}
}

