CSharp - TakeWhile operator with element index

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Introduction

The following code will stop when an input element exceeds nine characters in length or when the sixth element is reached, whichever comes first.

Demo

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class Program/*  w  w w . j  a  v a2 s .  c o  m*/
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string[] codeNames = {"Python", "Java", "Javascript", "Bash", "C++", "Oracle"};
        
        IEnumerable<string> items = codeNames
          .TakeWhile((s, i) => s.Length < 10 && i < 5);
        
        foreach (string item in items)
          Console.WriteLine(item);
    }
}

Result

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