我使用这样的代码，如果我有字符串列表:

((IList<string>)Table).Count

我在一个方法中使用了这样的方法来检查传入的IEnumberable内容

if( iEnum.Cast<Object>().Count() > 0) 
{

}

在这样的方法中:

GetDataTable(IEnumberable iEnum)
{  
    if (iEnum != null && iEnum.Cast<Object>().Count() > 0) //--- proceed further

}

除了你的直接问题(已经得到了否定的回答)，如果你想在处理一个可枚举对象时报告进度，你可能想看看我的博客文章《在Linq查询期间报告进度》。

它让你这样做:

BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();
worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
worker.DoWork += (sender, e) =>
      {
          // pretend we have a collection of 
          // items to process
          var items = 1.To(1000);
          items
              .WithProgressReporting(progress => worker.ReportProgress(progress))
              .ForEach(item => Thread.Sleep(10)); // simulate some real work
      };

它可能不会产生最好的性能，但你可以使用LINQ来计算IEnumerable中的元素:

public int GetEnumerableCount(IEnumerable Enumerable)
{
    return (from object Item in Enumerable
            select Item).Count();
}

IEnumerable<T>上的System.Linq.Enumerable.Count扩展方法有以下实现:

ICollection<T> c = source as ICollection<TSource>;
if (c != null)
    return c.Count;

int result = 0;
using (IEnumerator<T> enumerator = source.GetEnumerator())
{
    while (enumerator.MoveNext())
        result++;
}
return result;

因此，它尝试强制转换为具有Count属性的ICollection<T>，并尽可能使用该属性。否则它会迭代。

因此，最好的方法是在IEnumerable<T>对象上使用Count()扩展方法，因为这样可以获得最好的性能。

这取决于。net的版本和IEnumerable对象的实现。 微软已经修复了IEnumerable。方法来检查实现，并使用ICollection。Count或ICollection< TSource >。计数，详情见这里https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/454130

下面是来自Ildasm for System的MSIL。核心，系统在其中。Linq驻留。

.method public hidebysig static int32  Count<TSource>(class 

[mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<!!TSource> source) cil managed
{
  .custom instance void System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ExtensionAttribute::.ctor() = ( 01 00 00 00 ) 
  // Code size       85 (0x55)
  .maxstack  2
  .locals init (class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.ICollection`1<!!TSource> V_0,
           class [mscorlib]System.Collections.ICollection V_1,
           int32 V_2,
           class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator`1<!!TSource> V_3)
  IL_0000:  ldarg.0
  IL_0001:  brtrue.s   IL_000e
  IL_0003:  ldstr      "source"
  IL_0008:  call       class [mscorlib]System.Exception System.Linq.Error::ArgumentNull(string)
  IL_000d:  throw
  IL_000e:  ldarg.0
  IL_000f:  isinst     class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.ICollection`1<!!TSource>
  IL_0014:  stloc.0
  IL_0015:  ldloc.0
  IL_0016:  brfalse.s  IL_001f
  IL_0018:  ldloc.0
  IL_0019:  callvirt   instance int32 class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.ICollection`1<!!TSource>::get_Count()
  IL_001e:  ret
  IL_001f:  ldarg.0
  IL_0020:  isinst     [mscorlib]System.Collections.ICollection
  IL_0025:  stloc.1
  IL_0026:  ldloc.1
  IL_0027:  brfalse.s  IL_0030
  IL_0029:  ldloc.1
  IL_002a:  callvirt   instance int32 [mscorlib]System.Collections.ICollection::get_Count()
  IL_002f:  ret
  IL_0030:  ldc.i4.0
  IL_0031:  stloc.2
  IL_0032:  ldarg.0
  IL_0033:  callvirt   instance class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator`1<!0> class [mscorlib]System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1<!!TSource>::GetEnumerator()
  IL_0038:  stloc.3
  .try
  {
    IL_0039:  br.s       IL_003f
    IL_003b:  ldloc.2
    IL_003c:  ldc.i4.1
    IL_003d:  add.ovf
    IL_003e:  stloc.2
    IL_003f:  ldloc.3
    IL_0040:  callvirt   instance bool [mscorlib]System.Collections.IEnumerator::MoveNext()
    IL_0045:  brtrue.s   IL_003b
    IL_0047:  leave.s    IL_0053
  }  // end .try
  finally
  {
    IL_0049:  ldloc.3
    IL_004a:  brfalse.s  IL_0052
    IL_004c:  ldloc.3
    IL_004d:  callvirt   instance void [mscorlib]System.IDisposable::Dispose()
    IL_0052:  endfinally
  }  // end handler
  IL_0053:  ldloc.2
  IL_0054:  ret
} // end of method Enumerable::Count