Thoughts on foreach with Enumerable.Range vs traditional for loop

Question

In C# 3.0, I\'m liking this style:

// Write the numbers 1 thru 7
foreach (int index in Enumerable.Range( 1, 7 ))
{
    Console.WriteLine(index);
}

Answer 1

This is just for fun. (I'd just use the standard "for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)" loop format myself.)

foreach (int i in 1.To(10))
{
    Console.WriteLine(i);    // 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
}

// ...

public static IEnumerable To(this int from, int to)
{
    if (from < to)
    {
        while (from <= to)
        {
            yield return from++;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        while (from >= to)
        {
            yield return from--;
        }
    }
}

You could also add a Step extension method too:

foreach (int i in 5.To(-9).Step(2))
{
    Console.WriteLine(i);    // 5,3,1,-1,-3,-5,-7,-9
}

// ...

public static IEnumerable Step(this IEnumerable source, int step)
{
    if (step == 0)
    {
        throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("step", "Param cannot be zero.");
    }

    return source.Where((x, i) => (i % step) == 0);
}