I have two lists
List<object> a = new List<object>();
List<object> b = new List<object>();
Now i want to iterate through the elements of both list. I could do that by writing a foreach loop for each list. But is it also possible to do something like that?
foreach(object o in a, b) {
o.DoSomething();
}
It would also be nice if something like that would be possible:
foreach (object o in a && b) {
o.DoSomething();
}
foreach(object o in a.Concat(b)) {
o.DoSomething();
}
Concat method. Just add using System.LinqIf you want to iterate through them individually then you can use Enumerable.Concat as has already been pointed out.
If you want to iterate over both lists simultaneously, having access to one element from each inside your loop, then in .NET 4.0 there is a method Enumerable.Zip that you can use.
int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
string[] words = { "one", "two", "three" };
var numbersAndWords = numbers.Zip(words, (first, second) => first + " " + second);
foreach (var item in numbersAndWords)
{
Console.WriteLine(item);
}
Result:
1 one 2 two 3 three
foreach(object o in a.Concat(b)) {
o.DoSomething();
}
This is another way you could do it:
for (int i = 0; i < (a.Count > b.Count ? a.Count : b.Count); i++)
{
object objA, objB;
if (i < a.Count) objA = a[i];
if (i < b.Count) objB = b[i];
// Do stuff
}
(a.Count > b.Count ? a.Count : b.Count) you can use Math.Max(a.Count, b.Count)If you want to simultaneously iterate over two Lists of the same length (specially in the scenarios like comparing two list in testing), I think for loop makes more sense:
for (int i = 0; i < list1.Count; i++) {
if (list1[i] == list2[i]) {
// Do something
}
}
Simply we can achieve using for loop
int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
string[] words = { "one", "two", "three" };
for (int i = 0; i < numbers .Count; i++)
{
var list1=numbers [i];
var list 2=words[i];
}
