MoreEnumerableInterleaveT Method

public static IEnumerable<T> Interleave<T>(
	this IEnumerable<T> sequence,
	params IEnumerable<T>[] otherSequences
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Interleave(Of T) ( 
	sequence As IEnumerable(Of T),
	ParamArray otherSequences As IEnumerable(Of T)()
) As IEnumerable(Of T)

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename T>
static IEnumerable<T>^ Interleave(
	IEnumerable<T>^ sequence, 
	... array<IEnumerable<T>^>^ otherSequences
)

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member Interleave : 
        sequence : IEnumerable<'T> * 
        otherSequences : IEnumerable<'T>[] -> IEnumerable<'T> 

Parameters

sequence  IEnumerableT

The first sequence in the interleave group.

otherSequences  IEnumerableT

The other sequences in the interleave group.

Type Parameters

T

The type of the elements of the source sequences.

Return Value

Usage Note

Interleave combines sequences by visiting each in turn, and returning the first element of each, followed by the second, then the third, and so on. So, for example:

var xs = new[] { 1, 1, 1 }.Interleave(new[] { 2, 2, 2 }, new[] { 3, 3, 3 });
// xs = { 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 }

This operator behaves in a deferred and streaming manner.

When sequences are of unequal length, this method will skip those sequences that have been fully consumed and continue interleaving the remaining sequences.

The sequences are interleaved in the order that they appear in the otherSequences collection, with sequence as the first sequence.

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