How to check if a variable is an IEnumerable of some sort

Question

basically I\'m building a very generic T4 template and one of the things I need it to do is say print variable.ToString(). However, I want it to evaluate lists and

Answer 1

You have already accepted an answer however,since generic IEnumerable implements the non generic IEnumerable you can just cast to that.

// Does write handle null? Might need some sanity aswell.

var enumerable = variable as System.Collections.IEnumerable; 

if (enumerable != null)
    foreach(var item in enumerable)
         Write(item);
else
    Write(item);