Dump(T) Method (IEnumerable(T))

EnumerableDebugger Dump T Method (IEnumerable T )

CleanCode C# Libraries v1.2.03 API

Dumps the specified input to the console using the default color.

Namespace: CleanCode.Diagnostics
Assembly: CleanCode (in CleanCode.dll) Version: 1.2.3.0 (1.2.03)

Syntax

public static IEnumerable<T> Dump<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> input
)

public static IEnumerable<T> Dump<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> input
)

<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Dump(Of T) ( _
	input As IEnumerable(Of T) _
) As IEnumerable(Of T)

<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function Dump(Of T) ( _
	input As IEnumerable(Of T) _
) As IEnumerable(Of T)

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T>
static IEnumerable<T>^ Dump(
	IEnumerable<T>^ input
)

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T>
static IEnumerable<T>^ Dump(
	IEnumerable<T>^ input
)

Parameters

input: Type: System.Collections.Generic IEnumerable T
The input.

Type Parameters

T: The type of the elements of source.

Return Value

Input unchanged.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Online

IEnumerable T . When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Online

Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Online

Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Examples

Assume you have a word list in a string array. This example processes the list with LINQ while dumping every step to the console. Each step is colorized with the default color, different from standard output.

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return words
    .Dump()
    .Select(word => word.Trim())
    .Dump()
    .Select(word => word.ToLower())
    .Dump()
    .Where(word => word.StartsWith("k"))
    .Dump()
    .OrderBy(word => word)
    .Dump();

return words
    .Dump()
    .Select(word => word.Trim())
    .Dump()
    .Select(word => word.ToLower())
    .Dump()
    .Where(word => word.StartsWith("k"))
    .Dump()
    .OrderBy(word => word)
    .Dump();