Enumerable.FirstOrDefault Method (System.Linq) (original) (raw)

Source:

First.cs

Source:

First.cs

Source:

First.cs

Returns the first element of the sequence that satisfies a condition or a default value if no such element is found.

public:
generic <typename TSource>
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TSource FirstOrDefault(System::Collections::Generic::IEnumerable<TSource> ^ source, Func<TSource, bool> ^ predicate);

public static TSource FirstOrDefault<TSource>(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource,bool> predicate);

public static TSource? FirstOrDefault<TSource>(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource> source, Func<TSource,bool> predicate);

static member FirstOrDefault : seq<'Source> * Func<'Source, bool> -> 'Source

<Extension()>
Public Function FirstOrDefault(Of TSource) (source As IEnumerable(Of TSource), predicate As Func(Of TSource, Boolean)) As TSource

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

predicate

Func<TSource,Boolean>

A function to test each element for a condition.

Returns

TSource

default(TSource) if source is empty or if no element passes the test specified by predicate; otherwise, the first element in source that passes the test specified by predicate.

Exceptions

source or predicate is null.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use FirstOrDefault(IEnumerable, Func<TSource,Boolean>) by passing in a predicate. In the second call to the method, there is no element in the array that satisfies the condition.

string[] names = { "Hartono, Tommy", "Adams, Terry",
                     "Andersen, Henriette Thaulow",
                     "Hedlund, Magnus", "Ito, Shu" };

string firstLongName = names.FirstOrDefault(name => name.Length > 20);

Console.WriteLine("The first long name is '{0}'.", firstLongName);

string firstVeryLongName = names.FirstOrDefault(name => name.Length > 30);

Console.WriteLine(
    "There is {0} name longer than 30 characters.",
    string.IsNullOrEmpty(firstVeryLongName) ? "not a" : "a");

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 The first long name is 'Andersen, Henriette Thaulow'.
 There is not a name longer than 30 characters.
*/

' Create an array of strings.
Dim names() As String =
{"Hartono, Tommy", "Adams, Terry", "Andersen, Henriette Thaulow", "Hedlund, Magnus", "Ito, Shu"}

' Select the first string in the array whose length is greater than 20.
Dim firstLongName As String =
names.FirstOrDefault(Function(name) name.Length > 20)

' Display the output.
Console.WriteLine($"The first long name is {firstLongName}")

' Select the first string in the array whose length is greater than 30,
' or a default value if there are no such strings in the array.
Dim firstVeryLongName As String =
names.FirstOrDefault(Function(name) name.Length > 30)

Dim text As String = IIf(String.IsNullOrEmpty(firstVeryLongName), "not a", "a")

Console.WriteLine($"There is {text} name longer than 30 characters.")

' This code produces the following output:
'
' The first long name is Andersen, Henriette Thaulow
'
' There is not a name longer than 30 characters.

Remarks

The default value for reference and nullable types is null.

Applies to