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How to get first N elements of a list in C#?

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Problem

I would like to use Linq to query a bus schedule in my project, so that at any time I can get the next 5 bus arrival times. How can I limit my query to the first 5 results?

More generally, how can I take a slice of a list in C#? (In Python I would use mylist[:5] to get the first 5 elements.)

Solution

var firstFiveItems = myList.Take(5);


Or to slice:

var secondFiveItems = myList.Skip(5).Take(5);


And of course often it's convenient to get the first five items according to some kind of order:

var firstFiveArrivals = myList.OrderBy(i => i.ArrivalTime).Take(5);

Code Snippets

var firstFiveItems = myList.Take(5);
var secondFiveItems = myList.Skip(5).Take(5);
var firstFiveArrivals = myList.OrderBy(i => i.ArrivalTime).Take(5);

Context

Stack Overflow Q#319973, score: 984

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