Dump(T) Method (IEnumerable(T), ConsoleColor)

EnumerableDebugger Dump T Method (IEnumerable T , ConsoleColor)

CleanCode C# Libraries v1.2.03 API

Dumps the specified input to the console, colorizing per the specified 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,
	ConsoleColor textColor
)

public static IEnumerable<T> Dump<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> input,
	ConsoleColor textColor
)

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

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

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

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

Parameters

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

textColor: Type: System ConsoleColor
Color of the text.

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 distinctly.

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return words
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Yellow)
    .Select(word => word.Trim())
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Yellow)
    .Select(word => word.ToLower())
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Green)
    .Where(word => word.StartsWith("k"))
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Red)
    .OrderBy(word => word)
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Blue);

return words
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Yellow)
    .Select(word => word.Trim())
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Yellow)
    .Select(word => word.ToLower())
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Green)
    .Where(word => word.StartsWith("k"))
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Red)
    .OrderBy(word => word)
    .Dump(ConsoleColor.Blue);