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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

yield C# Example with KeyValuePair

C# > Keywords > yield

Yield  returns each element one at a time.

When to use:

  • when calculate the next item in the list 
  • for infinite sets

Example


IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> dataList = GetData();
dataList.ToList().ForEach(s => MessageBox.Show(s.Key + s.Value));

private IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetData()
{
yield return new KeyValuePair<string, string>("1", "A");
yield return new KeyValuePair<string, string>("2", "B");
yield return new KeyValuePair<string, string>("3", "C");

}