Cannot apply indexing with [] to an expression of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<>

Question

Is there any specific reason why indexing is not allowed in IEnumerable.

I found a workaround for the problem I had, but just curious to know why it does not allow i

Answer 1

you can use indexing if your enumerable type is string like below

((string[])MyEnumerableStringList)[0]