Mega Code Archive
0521 Deferred Execution
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public void Linq99()
{
// Sequence operators form first-class queries that
// are not executed until you enumerate over them.
int[] numbers = new int[] { 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 8, 6, 7, 2, 0 };
int i = 0;
var q =
from n in numbers
select ++i;
// Note, the local variable 'i' is not incremented
// until each element is evaluated (as a side-effect):
foreach (var v in q)
{
Console.WriteLine("v = {0}, i = {1}", v, i);
}
}
Result
v = 1, i = 1
v = 2, i = 2
v = 3, i = 3
v = 4, i = 4
v = 5, i = 5
v = 6, i = 6
v = 7, i = 7
v = 8, i = 8
v = 9, i = 9
v = 10, i = 10
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