How to: Iterate Over a Generic Collection with for each

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The Generics feature of Visual C++ allows you to create generic collections.

Example

This sample shows how to use for each with a simple generic value type collection.

// for_each_generics.cpp  
// compile with: /clr  
using namespace System;  
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;  
  
generic <class T>  
public value struct MyArray : public IEnumerable<T> {     
  
   MyArray( array<T>^ d ) {  
      data = d;  
   }  
  
   ref struct enumerator : IEnumerator<T> {  
      enumerator( MyArray^ myArr ) {  
         colInst = myArr;  
         currentIndex = -1;  
      }  
  
      virtual bool MoveNext() = IEnumerator<T>::MoveNext {  
         if ( currentIndex < colInst->data->Length - 1 ) {  
            currentIndex++;  
            return true;  
         }  
  
         return false;  
      }  
  
      virtual property T Current {  
         T get() {  
            return colInst->data[currentIndex];  
         }  
      };  
  
      property Object^ CurrentNonGeneric {  
         virtual Object^ get() = System::Collections::IEnumerator::Current::get {  
            return colInst->data[currentIndex];  
         }  
      };  
  
      virtual void Reset() {}  
      ~enumerator() {}  
  
      MyArray^ colInst;  
      int currentIndex;  
   };  
  
   array<T>^ data;  
  
   virtual IEnumerator<T>^ GetEnumerator() {  
      return gcnew enumerator(*this);  
   }  
   virtual System::Collections::IEnumerator^ GetEnumeratorNonGeneric() = System::Collections::IEnumerable::GetEnumerator {  
      return gcnew enumerator(*this);  
   }  
};  
  
int main() {  
   MyArray<int> col = MyArray<int>( gcnew array<int>{10, 20, 30 } );  
  
   for each ( Object^ c in col )  
      Console::WriteLine((int)c);  
}  

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See Also

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