If you need a list of integers filled with all numbers in a specific range, you will often do this :

List<int> range = new List<int>();
for (int i = rangeStart; i < RangeEnd; i++)
{
   range.Add(i);
}

or you will write a method

public IEnumerable<int> GetRange(int start, int end)
{
  for (int i = start; i < end; i++)
  {
    yield return i;
  }
}

and call it:

List<int> range = GetRange(0, 10).ToList();

Good news : this method already exists in the framework !

You can find it in the System.Linq namespace : it’s the Enumerable.Range static method, and it’s available since framework 3.5.

This method returns an IEnumerable<int>, you can use it like this, or convert it to an array or a list.

to use it :

List<int> range = new List<int>(Enumerable.Range(0, 10));

or

List<int> range = Enumerable.Range(0, 10)).ToList();

Remark

Note that the first parameter is the start, but the second is not the end ! it’s a count !, so if you want to use it by specifying a start and an end you will have to do this :

int start = 5;
int end = 50;
List<int> range = Enumerable.Range(start, (end-start)+1)).ToList();

It’s handy to reduce the code size when you want to fill a dropdown or other things that requires a range of integers.

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