Convert an IEnumerable to a List in C#

This article will introduce a method to convert an IEnumerable to a list in C#.

• Use the ToList() method

Use the ToList() Method to Convert an IEnumerable to a List in C#

In C#, we can use the ToList() method of Linq class to convert an IEnumerable to a list. The correct syntax to use this method is as follows

Enumerable.ToList(source);

The method ToList() has one parameter only. The detail of its parameter is as follows.

This function returns a list representing the elements of the given IEnumerable.

The program below shows how we can use ToList() method to convert an IEnumerable to a list.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class StringToByteArray {
  static void Main(string[] args) {
    IEnumerable < int > enumerable = Enumerable.Range(1, 50);
    List < int > mylist = enumerable.ToList();
    Console.WriteLine("The List is:");
    foreach(int length in mylist) {
      Console.WriteLine(length);
    }

  }
}

Output:

The List is:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50