一些工具IEnumerable: ToString(格式)，ToString(函数)和Join(分隔符)。

例如:

var names = new[] { "Wagner", "Francine", "Arthur", "Bernardo" };

names.ToString("Name: {0}\n");
// Name: Wagner
// Name: Francine
// Name: Arthur
// Name: Bernardo

names.ToString(name => name.Length > 6 ? String.Format("{0} ", name) : String.Empty);
// Francine Bernardo

names.Join(" - ");
// Wagner - Francine - Arthur - Bernardo

扩展:

public static string ToString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> self, string format)
{
    return self.ToString(i => String.Format(format, i));
}

public static string ToString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> self, Func<T, object> function)
{
    var result = new StringBuilder();

    foreach (var item in self) result.Append(function(item));

    return result.ToString();
}

public static string Join<T>(this IEnumerable<T> self, string separator)
{
    return String.Join(separator, values: self.ToArray());
}

相当于Python的Join方法:

/// <summary>
/// same as python 'join'
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">list type</typeparam>
/// <param name="separator">string separator </param>
/// <param name="list">list of objects to be ToString'd</param>
/// <returns>a concatenated list interleaved with separators</returns>
static public string Join<T>(this string separator, IEnumerable<T> list)
{
    var sb = new StringBuilder();
    bool first = true;

    foreach (T v in list)
    {
        if (!first)
            sb.Append(separator);
        first = false;

        if (v != null)
            sb.Append(v.ToString());
    }

    return sb.ToString();
}

日期时间扩展

例子:

DateTime firstDayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First();
DateTime lastdayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.Last();
DateTime lastFridayInMonth = DateTime.Now.Last(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime nextFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday);
DateTime lunchTime = DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 30);
DateTime noonOnFriday = DateTime.Now.Next(DayOfWeek.Friday).Noon();
DateTime secondMondayOfMonth = DateTime.Now.First(DayOfWeek.Monday).Next(DayOfWeek.Monday).Midnight();

在单元测试中很有用:

public static IList<T> Clone<T>(this IList<T> list) where T : ICloneable
{
    var ret = new List<T>(list.Count);
    foreach (var item in list)
        ret.Add((T)item.Clone());

    // done
    return ret;
}

像TWith2Sugars这样的一系列，交替缩短语法:

public static long? ToNullableInt64(this string val)
{
    long ret;
    return Int64.TryParse(val, out ret) ? ret : new long?();
}

最后，在BCL中是否已经有一些东西做了下面的事情?

public static void Split<T>(this T[] array, 
    Func<T,bool> determinator, 
    IList<T> onTrue, 
    IList<T> onFalse)
{
    if (onTrue == null)
        onTrue = new List<T>();
    else
        onTrue.Clear();

    if (onFalse == null)
        onFalse = new List<T>();
    else
        onFalse.Clear();

    if (determinator == null)
        return;

    foreach (var item in array)
    {
        if (determinator(item))
            onTrue.Add(item);
        else
            onFalse.Add(item);
    }
}

……怎么样?

public static bool IsWinXPOrHigher(this OperatingSystem OS)
{
  return (OS.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
    && ((OS.Version.Major > 5) || ((OS.Version.Major == 5) && (OS.Version.Minor >= 1)));
}

public static bool IsWinVistaOrHigher(this OperatingSystem OS)
{
  return (OS.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
    && (OS.Version.Major >= 6);
}

public static bool IsWin7OrHigher(this OperatingSystem OS)
{
  return (OS.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
    && ((OS.Version.Major > 6) || ((OS.Version.Major == 6) && (OS.Version.Minor >= 1)));
}

public static bool IsWin8OrHigher(this OperatingSystem OS)
{
  return (OS.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
    && ((OS.Version.Major > 6) || ((OS.Version.Major == 6) && (OS.Version.Minor >= 2)));
}

用法:

if (Environment.OSVersion.IsWinXPOrHigher())
{
  // do stuff
}

if (Environment.OSVersion.IsWinVistaOrHigher())
{
  // do stuff
}

if (Environment.OSVersion.IsWin7OrHigher())
{
  // do stuff
}

if (Environment.OSVersion.IsWin8OrHigher())
{
  // do stuff
}

轻松序列化对象为XML:

public static string ToXml<T>(this T obj) where T : class
{
    XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
    using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
    {
        s.Serialize(writer, obj);
        return writer.ToString();
    }
}

"<root><child>foo</child</root>".ToXml<MyCustomType>();