Enumerable.Count(Of TSource) Method (IEnumerable(Of TSource))
Returns the number of elements in a sequence.
Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
'Declaration <ExtensionAttribute> _ Public Shared Function Count(Of TSource) ( _ source As IEnumerable(Of TSource) _ ) As Integer
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable(Of 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(Of TSource). When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | source is Nothing. |
| OverflowException | The number of elements in source is larger than MaxValue. |
If the type of source implements ICollection(Of 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(Of TSource)(IEnumerable(Of TSource)) to count the elements in an array.
' Create an array of strings.
Dim fruits() As String = {"apple", "banana", "mango", "orange", "passionfruit", "grape"}
Try
' Count the number of items in the array.
Dim numberOfFruits As Integer = fruits.Count()
' Display the output.
outputBlock.Text &= "There are " & numberOfFruits & " fruits in the collection." & vbCrLf
Catch e As OverflowException
outputBlock.Text &= "The count is too large to store as an Int32. Try using LongCount() instead." & vbCrLf
End Try
' This code produces the following output:
'
' There are 6 fruits in the collection.
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