Neat way to write loop that has special logic for the first item in a collection

Question

Often I have to code a loop that needs a special case for the first item, the code never seems as clear as it should ideally be.

Short of a redesign of the C# language,

Answer 1

I use the first variable method all the time and it seems totally normal to me. If you like that better you can use LINQ First() and Skip(1)

var firstItem = yyy.First();
// do the whatever on first item

foreach (var y in yyy.Skip(1))
{
// process the rest of the collection
}