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August 2, 2011 16:50
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IEnumerable Null Safeguard Extension - Useful When Iterating (ForEach Loop)
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foreach (var item in items ?? new List<string>()) | |
{ | |
//do something | |
} |
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public static class EnumerableExtensions | |
{ | |
public static IEnumerable<T> OrEmptyListIfNull<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source) | |
{ | |
return source ?? Enumerable.Empty<T>(); | |
} | |
} | |
foreach(var item in items.OrEmptyListIfNull()) | |
{ | |
//do something | |
} |
This feels like community design... :D
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I settled on the extension method named OrEmptyListIfNull. This directly borrows from @cammerman's https://gist.github.com/1120655 ;)
as in
I posted the code back at the top of this gist.