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Enumerable.First Method

Definition

Namespace:
System.Linq
Assemblies:
System.Core.dll, System.Linq.dll
Assemblies:
netstandard.dll, System.Linq.dll
Assembly:
System.Linq.dll
Assembly:
System.Core.dll
Assembly:
netstandard.dll

Returns the first element of a sequence.

Overloads

Name Description
First(IEnumerable)

Returns the first element of a sequence.
First(IEnumerable, Func)

Returns the first element in a sequence that satisfies a specified condition.

First(IEnumerable)

Source:
First.cs
Source:
First.cs
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First.cs
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First.cs
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First.cs

Returns the first element of a sequence.

public:
generic 
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TSource First(System::Collections::Generic::IEnumerable ^ source);
public static TSource First(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable source);
static member First : seq<'Source> -> 'Source

Public Function First(Of TSource) (source As IEnumerable(Of TSource)) As TSource

Type Parameters

TSource

The type of the elements of source.

Parameters

source
IEnumerable

The IEnumerable to return the first element of.

Returns

TSource

The first element in the specified sequence.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

source is null.

InvalidOperationException

The source sequence is empty.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use First(IEnumerable) to return the first element of an array.

int[] numbers = { 9, 34, 65, 92, 87, 435, 3, 54,
                    83, 23, 87, 435, 67, 12, 19 };

int first = numbers.First();

Console.WriteLine(first);

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 9
*/

' Create an array of integers.
Dim numbers() As Integer =
{9, 34, 65, 92, 87, 435, 3, 54, 83, 23, 87, 435, 67, 12, 19}

' Select the first element in the array.
Dim first As Integer = numbers.First()

' Display the output.
Console.WriteLine(first)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' 9

Remarks

The First(IEnumerable) method throws an exception if source contains no elements. To instead return a default value when the source sequence is empty, use the FirstOrDefault method.

Applies to

First(IEnumerable, Func)

Source:
First.cs
Source:
First.cs
Source:
First.cs
Source:
First.cs
Source:
First.cs

Returns the first element in a sequence that satisfies a specified condition.

public:
generic 
[System::Runtime::CompilerServices::Extension]
 static TSource First(System::Collections::Generic::IEnumerable ^ source, Func ^ predicate);
public static TSource First(this System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable source, Func predicate);
static member First : seq<'Source> * Func<'Source, bool> -> 'Source

Public Function First(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

source
IEnumerable

An IEnumerable to return an element from.

predicate
FuncBoolean>

A function to test each element for a condition.

Returns

TSource

The first element in the sequence that passes the test in the specified predicate function.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

source or predicate is null.

InvalidOperationException

No element satisfies the condition in predicate.

-or-

The source sequence is empty.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use First(IEnumerable, Func) to return the first element of an array that satisfies a condition.

int[] numbers = { 9, 34, 65, 92, 87, 435, 3, 54,
                    83, 23, 87, 435, 67, 12, 19 };

int first = numbers.First(number => number > 80);

Console.WriteLine(first);

/*
 This code produces the following output:

 92
*/

' Create an array of integers.
Dim numbers() As Integer =
{9, 34, 65, 92, 87, 435, 3, 54, 83, 23, 87, 435, 67, 12, 19}

' Select the first element in the array whose value is greater than 80.
Dim first As Integer = numbers.First(Function(number) number > 80)

' Display the output.
Console.WriteLine(first)

' This code produces the following output:
'
' 92

Remarks

The First(IEnumerable, Func) method throws an exception if no matching element is found in source. To instead return a default value when no matching element is found, use the FirstOrDefault method.

Applies to