C# Enumerable ToList
Description
Creates a List from an IEnumerable.
Syntax
public static List<TSource> ToList<TSource>(
this IEnumerable<TSource> source
)
Parameters
TSource- The type of the elements of source.source- The IEnumerableto create a List from.
Example
The following code example demonstrates how to use ToList to force immediate query evaluation and return a List that contains the query results.
// w w w. ja v a 2 s .c om
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class MainClass{
public static void Main(String[] argv){
string[] fruits = { "apple", "orange", "blueberry", "grape", "strawberry" };
List<int> lengths = fruits.Select(fruit => fruit.Length).ToList();
foreach (int length in lengths)
{
Console.WriteLine(length);
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
