Neat way to write loop that has special logic for the first item in a collection

Question

Often I have to code a loop that needs a special case for the first item, the code never seems as clear as it should ideally be.

Short of a redesign of the C# language,

Answer 1

In cases like this I would just use a for loop like this:

for(int i = 0;  i < yyy.Count; i++){
      if(i == 0){
          //special logic here
      }
}

Using a for loop also would allow you to do something special in other cases like on the last item, on even items in the sequence, ..etc.