Enumerable.Count<TSource> Method (IEnumerable<TSource>)
Returns the number of elements in a sequence.
Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource>
A sequence that contains elements to be counted.
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<TSource>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source is null. |
| OverflowException | The number of elements in source is larger than MaxValue. |
If the type of source implements ICollection<T>, that implementation is used to obtain the count of elements. Otherwise, this method determines the count.
Use the LongCount method when you expect and want to allow the result to be greater than MaxValue.
In Visual Basic query expression syntax, an Aggregate Into Count() clause translates to an invocation of Count.
The following code example demonstrates how to use Count<TSource>(IEnumerable<TSource>) to count the elements in an array.
string[] fruits = { "apple", "banana", "mango", "orange", "passionfruit", "grape" };
try
{
int numberOfFruits = fruits.Count();
Console.WriteLine(
"There are {0} fruits in the collection.",
numberOfFruits);
}
catch (OverflowException)
{
Console.WriteLine("The count is too large to store as an Int32.");
Console.WriteLine("Try using the LongCount() method instead.");
}
// This code produces the following output:
//
// There are 6 fruits in the collection.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
