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

Just throwing my hat into the ring.

I define this...

namespace CustomRanges {

    public record IntRange(int From, int Thru, int step = 1) : IEnumerable {

        public IEnumerator GetEnumerator() {
            for (var i = From; i <= Thru; i += step)
                yield return i;
        }

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
            => GetEnumerator();
    };

    public static class Definitions {

        public static IntRange FromTo(int from, int to, int step = 1)
            => new IntRange(from, to - 1, step);

        public static IntRange FromThru(int from, int thru, int step = 1)
            => new IntRange(from, thru, step);

        public static IntRange CountFrom(int from, int count)
            => new IntRange(from, from + count - 1);

        public static IntRange Count(int count)
            => new IntRange(0, count);

        // Add more to suit your needs. For instance, you could add in reversing ranges, etc.
    }
}

Then anywhere I want to use it, I add this at the top of the file...

using static CustomRanges.Definitions;

And use it like this...

foreach(var index in FromTo(1, 4))
    Debug.WriteLine(index);
// Prints 1, 2, 3

foreach(var index in FromThru(1, 4))
    Debug.WriteLine(index);
// Prints 1, 2, 3, 4

foreach(var index in FromThru(2, 10, 2))
    Debug.WriteLine(index);
// Prints 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

foreach(var index in CountFrom(7, 4))
    Debug.WriteLine(index);
// Prints 7, 8, 9, 10

foreach(var index in Count(5))
    Debug.WriteLine(index);
// Prints 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

foreach(var _ in Count(4))
    Debug.WriteLine("A");
// Prints A, A, A, A

The nice thing about this approach is by the names, you know exactly if the end is included or not.