Enumerable.SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult> Method (IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TCollection>>, Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>)
Projects each element of a sequence to an IEnumerable<T>, flattens the resulting sequences into one sequence, and invokes a result selector function on each element therein. The index of each source element is used in the intermediate projected form of that element.
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)
public static IEnumerable<TResult> SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>( this IEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource, int, IEnumerable<TCollection>> collectionSelector, Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult> resultSelector )
Type Parameters
- TSource
The type of the elements of source.
- TCollection
The type of the intermediate elements collected by collectionSelector.
- TResult
The type of the elements of the resulting sequence.
Parameters
- source
- Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource>
A sequence of values to project.
- collectionSelector
- Type: System.Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TCollection>>
A transform function to apply to each source element; the second parameter of the function represents the index of the source element.
- resultSelector
- Type: System.Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>
A transform function to apply to each element of the intermediate sequence.
Return Value
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TResult>An IEnumerable<T> whose elements are the result of invoking the one-to-many transform function collectionSelector on each element of source and then mapping each of those sequence elements and their corresponding source element to a result element.
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 or collectionSelector or resultSelector is null. |
This method is implemented by using deferred execution. The immediate return value is an object that stores all the information that is required to perform the action. The query represented by this method is not executed until the object is enumerated either by calling its GetEnumerator method directly or by using foreach in Visual C# or For Each in Visual Basic.
The SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>(IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TCollection>>, Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>) method is useful when you have to keep the elements of source in scope for query logic that occurs after the call to SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>(IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TCollection>>, Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>). See the Example section for a code example. If there is a bidirectional relationship between objects of type TSource and objects of type TCollection, that is, if an object of type TCollection provides a property to retrieve the TSource object that produced it, you do not need this overload of SelectMany<TSource, TCollection, TResult>(IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TCollection>>, Func<TSource, TCollection, TResult>). Instead, you can use SelectMany<TSource, TResult>(IEnumerable<TSource>, Func<TSource, Int32, IEnumerable<TResult>>) and navigate back to the TSource object through the TCollection object.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, 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.