== Why is this an issue?

When a loop is filtering, selecting or aggregating, those functions can be handled with a clearer, more concise LINQ expression instead.


=== Noncompliant code example

[source,csharp]
----
var result = new List<string>();
foreach (var element in collection)  // Noncompliant
{
  if (condition(element))
  {
    result.Add(element);
  }
}

foreach (var element in collection2) // Noncompliant
{
  var someValue = element.Property;
  if (someValue != null)
  {
    result.Add(someValue);
  }
}
----


=== Compliant solution

[source,csharp]
----
var result = new List<string>();

foreach (var element in collection.Where(x => condition(x)))
{
  result.Add(element);
}

foreach (var someValue in collection2.Select(x => x.Property).Where(y => y != null))
{
  result.Add(someValue);
}
----


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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

* Use a LINQ expression in the loop declaration instead of this "xxx".


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 10 Jul 2015, 12:30:19 Ann Campbell wrote:
\[~tamas.vajk] I tried to break the code samples into individual issues. Please help if I muffed it.

=== on 20 Jul 2015, 11:38:39 Tamas Vajk wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] I removed a "probably" from the description.

=== on 20 Jul 2015, 14:36:13 Ann Campbell wrote:
thanks [~tamas.vajk]

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