LINQ: How to skip one then take the rest of a sequence

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i would like to iterate over the items of a List<T>, except the first, preserving the order. Is there an elegant way to do it with LINQ using a statement like:

foreach (var item in list.Skip(1).TakeTheRest()) {....

I played around with TakeWhile , but was not successful. Probably there is also another, simple way of doing it?

Hmmm, wasn't this question asked yesterday? – leppie Mar 12 '10 at 09:49 — leppie, Mar 12 '10 at 09:49
Which question? Would you mind providing the link? – Marcel Mar 12 '10 at 10:02 — Marcel, Mar 12 '10 at 10:02

Mark Byers · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-12T10:49:00.530

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From the documentation for Skip:

Bypasses a specified number of elements in a sequence and then returns the remaining elements.

So you just need this:

foreach (var item in list.Skip(1))

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answered Mar 12 '10 at 09:51

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Thanks man (banging my head against the keyboard for not seeing this obvious solution...) – Marcel Mar 12 '10 at 10:07
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And if you wanted to take a certain number of values, you would simply do `foreach (var item in list.Skip(1).Take(count))` – Pat Mar 14 '10 at 00:05

ChrisF · Answer 2 · 2023-02-22T12:00:04.000

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Just do:

foreach (var item in input.Skip(1))

There's some more info on Microsoft Learn.

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answered Mar 12 '10 at 09:51

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 21 '13 at 06:39

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Wouldn't it be...

foreach (var in list.Skip(1).AsEnumerable())

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answered Mar 12 '10 at 09:52

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The AsEnumerable is not needed, as Mark's solution works perfectly. – Marcel Mar 12 '10 at 10:08
Skip(1) by default makes it Enumerable – Ajay Suwalka Aug 31 '16 at 10:04

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