How do I truncate a list in C#?

c# list truncate
Rishi picture Rishi · Aug 7, 2010 · Viewed 12.1k times · Source

I know in python you can do something like myList[1:20] but is there anything similar in C#?

Answer

Tim Robinson picture Tim Robinson · Aug 7, 2010 
var itemsOneThroughTwenty = myList.Take(20);
var itemsFiveThroughTwenty = myList.Skip(5).Take(15);

Related questions

How to Sort a List<T> by a property in the object

I have a class called Order which has properties such as OrderId, OrderDate, Quantity, and Total. I have a list of this Order class: List<Order> objListOrder = new List<Order>(); GetOrderList(objListOrder); // fill list of orders …

Read More
Getting a list item by index

I've recently started using c# moving over from Java. I can't seem to find how to get a list item by index. In java to get the first item of the list it would be: list1.get(0); What is the …

Read More
How to initialize a list of strings (List<string>) with many string values

How is it possible to initialize (with a C# initializer) a list of strings? I have tried with the example below but it's not working. List<string> optionList = new List<string> { "AdditionalCardPersonAddressType","AutomaticRaiseCreditLimit","CardDeliveryTimeWeekDay" }();

Read More