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Asked: 2026-06-02T11:09:29+00:00

I think my question says it all. Why Find methods are absent in Enumerable<>

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I think my question says it all. Why Find methods are absent in Enumerable<> while present in List<>. If they were there it would have reduced the burden of writing large LINQ Queries to find something from Enumerable<>. I know i can change the Enumerable to List using .ToList() but that would be a hack.

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    The Enumerable.FirstOrDefault<TSource> Extension Method does exactly the same as the List<T>.Find Method.

     

    Enumerable.FirstOrDefault<TSource> Method

    Returns the first element of the sequence that satisfies a condition or a default value if no such element is found.

    Return Value: default(TSource) if source is empty or if no element passes the test specified by predicate; otherwise, the first element in source that passes the test specified by predicate.

     

    List<T>.Find Method

    Searches for an element that matches the conditions defined by the specified predicate, and returns the first occurrence within the entire List<T>.

    Return Value: The first element that matches the conditions defined by the specified predicate, if found; otherwise, the default value for type T.

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