How can select first 3 item of list<>

Question

I'm using this code for get all news:

List<aspnet_News> allNews = context.aspnet_News.OrderByDescending(i => i.NewsId).ToList();

How I can select first 3 items of this list and bind into a Datalist, please help, thanks...

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '12 at 10:41

You can use the Take() method

List<aspnet_News> allNews = context.aspnet_News.OrderByDescending(i => i.NewsId)
                                               .Take(3)  // Takes the first 3 items
                                               .ToList();

It'll also handle the case where the list contains less than 3 items and take them only.

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Use method Take() and if you need, you can use Skip() as well.

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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