How to get the index of an element in an IEnumerable?

Question

I wrote this:

public static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static int IndexOf<T>(this IEnumerable<T> obj, T value)
    {
        return obj
            .Select((a, i) => (a.Equals(value)) ? i : -1)
            .Max();
    }

    public static int IndexOf<T>(this IEnumerable<T> obj, T value
           , IEqualityComparer<T> comparer)
    {
        return obj
            .Select((a, i) => (comparer.Equals(a, value)) ? i : -1)
            .Max();
    }
}

But I don't know if it already exists, does it?

Answer 1

I'd question the wisdom, but perhaps:

source.TakeWhile(x => x != value).Count();

(using EqualityComparer<T>.Default to emulate != if needed) - but you need to watch to return -1 if not found... so perhaps just do it the long way

public static int IndexOf<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source, T value)
{
    int index = 0;
    var comparer = EqualityComparer<T>.Default; // or pass in as a parameter
    foreach (T item in source)
    {
        if (comparer.Equals(item, value)) return index;
        index++;
    }
    return -1;
}