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MoreEnumerable.TakeEvery<TSource> Method

Returns every N-th element of a sequence.

Namespace:  MoreLinq
Assembly:  MoreLinq (in MoreLinq.dll) Version: 3.3.1+b77df70598ab84c28cd43dcf74594024b6d575e1
Syntax
public static IEnumerable<TSource> TakeEvery<TSource>(
	this IEnumerable<TSource> source,
	int step
)

Parameters

source
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<TSource>
Source sequence
step
Type: System.Int32
Number of elements to bypass before returning the next element.

Type Parameters

TSource
Type of the source sequence

Return Value

Type: IEnumerable<TSource>
A sequence with every N-th element of the input sequence.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerable<TSource>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
Remarks
This operator uses deferred execution and streams its results.
Examples
int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
var result = numbers.TakeEvery(2);
The result variable, when iterated over, will yield 1, 3 and 5, in turn.
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