I'd like to use the LINQ TakeWhile
function on LINQ to Objects. However, I also need to know the first element that "broke" the function, i.e. the first element where the condition was not true.
Is there a single function to get all of the objects that don't match, plus the first that does?
For example, given the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
,
mySet.MagicTakeWhile(x => x != 5);
=> {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
I think you can use SkipWhile, and then take the first element.
var elementThatBrokeIt = data.SkipWhile(x => x.SomeThing).Take(1);
UPDATE
If you want a single extension method, you can use the following:
public static IEnumerable<T> MagicTakeWhile<T>(this IEnumerable<T> data, Func<T, bool> predicate) {
foreach (var item in data) {
yield return item;
if (!predicate(item))
break;
}
}
LINQ to Objects doesn't have such an operator. But it's straightforward to implement a TakeUntil
extension yourself. Here's one such implementation from moreLinq.
Just for fun:
var a = new[]
{
"two",
"three",
"four",
"five",
};
Func<string, bool> predicate = item => item.StartsWith("t");
a.TakeWhile(predicate).Concat(new[] { a.SkipWhile(predicate).FirstOrDefault() })