Question

I am initializing a List<int> in a constructor by storing two simple constants, MinValue and MaxValue as such:

private const int MinValue = 1;
private const int MaxValue = 100;

private List<int> integerList = new List<int>();

public Class()
{
    for (int i = MinValue ; i < MaxValue ; i++)
    {
        integerList .Add(i);
    }
}

Is there a way to just initialize the list with a simple LINQ query? Since a List<T> can be constructed with an IEnumerable<T>, does a query of the following form exist?

private List<int> integerList = new List<int>(<insert query here>);

Is this even possible?

Answer 1

This can be achieved using Enumerable.Range

List<int> integerList = Enumerable.Range(MinValue, MaxValue - MinValue).ToList();