How can I make sure that FirstOrDefault has returned a value

Question

Here\'s a simplified version of what I\'m trying to do:

var days = new Dictionary();
days.Add(1, \"Monday\");
days.Add(2, \"Tuesday\");
..         


        

Answer 1

This is the most clear and concise way in my opinion:

var matchedDays = days.Where(x => sampleText.Contains(x.Value));
if (!matchedDays.Any())
{
    // Nothing matched
}
else
{
    // Get the first match
    var day = matchedDays.First();
}

This completely gets around using weird default value stuff for structs.