Added some simple yield examples

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Jo Pearce 2015-10-12 15:15:06 +01:00
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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Melvyn Laïly", "http://x2a.yt"] - ["Melvyn Laïly", "http://x2a.yt"]
- ["Shaun McCarthy", "http://www.shaunmccarthy.com"] - ["Shaun McCarthy", "http://www.shaunmccarthy.com"]
- ["Wouter Van Schandevijl", "http://github.com/laoujin"] - ["Wouter Van Schandevijl", "http://github.com/laoujin"]
- ["Jo Pearce", "http://github.com/jdpearce"]
filename: LearnCSharp.cs filename: LearnCSharp.cs
--- ---
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Console.WriteLine(item.ToString()); Console.WriteLine(item.ToString());
} }
// YIELD
// Usage of the "yield" keyword indicates that the method it appears in is an Iterator
// (this means you can use it in a foreach loop)
public static IEnumerable<int> YieldCounter(int limit = 10)
{
for (var i = 0; i < limit; i++)
yield return i;
}
// which you would call like this :
public static void PrintYieldCounterToConsole()
{
foreach (var counter in YieldCounter())
Console.WriteLine(counter);
}
// you can use more than one "yield return" in a method
public static IEnumerable<int> ManyYieldCounter()
{
yield return 0;
yield return 1;
yield return 2;
yield return 3;
}
// you can also use "yield break" to stop the Iterator
// this method would only return half of the values from 0 to limit.
public static IEnumerable<int> YieldCounterWithBreak(int limit = 10)
{
for (var i = 0; i < limit; i++)
{
if (i > limit/2) yield break;
yield return i;
}
}
public static void OtherInterestingFeatures() public static void OtherInterestingFeatures()
{ {
// OPTIONAL PARAMETERS // OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
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## Topics Not Covered ## Topics Not Covered
* Attributes * Attributes
* async/await, yield, pragma directives * async/await, pragma directives
* Web Development * Web Development
* ASP.NET MVC & WebApi (new) * ASP.NET MVC & WebApi (new)
* ASP.NET Web Forms (old) * ASP.NET Web Forms (old)