IEnumerable(T) Interface (System.Collections.Generic)

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IEnumerable<(Of <(T>)>) Interface

Exposes the enumerator, which supports a simple iteration over a collection of a specified type.

Namespace: System.Collections.Generic
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Interface IEnumerable(Of T) _
    Inherits IEnumerable

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As IEnumerable(Of T)

public interface IEnumerable<T> : IEnumerable

Visual C++

generic<typename T>
public interface class IEnumerable : IEnumerable

JScript

JScript does not support generic types or methods.

Type Parameters

T: The type of objects to enumerate.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

IEnumerable<(Of <(T>)>) Members

System.Collections.Generic Namespace

IEnumerator<(Of <(T>)>)

System.Collections

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IEnumerable<T> usage and API guidelines

David M. Kean - MSFT | Edit | Show History

For usage and API guidelines in addition to those already found in the Framework Design Guidelines, see:

http://davesbox.com/archive/2008/12/13/array-collection-ienumerable-lt-t-gt-usage-guidelines.aspx

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a link to linq

Zim Chan | Edit | Show History

I am mildly surprised there is no mention or link to the LINQ extension methods here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.linq.enumerable_members.aspx

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Re: a link to linq

Adam Cataldo | Edit | Show History

I thought I would find them here as well, or at least a link to them. They live in the Enumerable class, which can be found at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.linq.enumerable.aspx

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