ParallelEnumerable.AsParallel Method (IEnumerable)

.NET Framework (current version)

Enables parallelization of a query.

Namespace: System.Linq
Assembly: System.Core (in System.Core.dll)

Syntax

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function AsParallel (
	source As IEnumerable
) As ParallelQuery

Parameters

source: Type: System.Collections.IEnumerable
An IEnumerable(Of T) to convert to a ParallelQuery.

Return Value

Type: System.Linq.ParallelQuery

The source as a ParallelQuery to bind to ParallelEnumerable extension methods.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	source is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The Cast(Of TResult) operator can be used to convert a ParallelQuery to a ParallelQuery(T).

Examples

Version Information

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 4.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1