Determine if a number falls within a specified set of ranges

Question

I\'m looking for a fluent way of determining if a number falls within a specified set of ranges. My current code looks something like this:

int x = 500; // Could         


        

Answer 1

Extension methods?

bool Between(this int value, int left, int right)
{ 
   return value > left && value < right; 
}

if(x.Between(4199, 6800) || x.Between(6999, 8200) || ...)

You can also do this awful hack:

bool Between(this int value, params int[] values)
{
    // Should be even number of items
    Debug.Assert(values.Length % 2 == 0); 

    for(int i = 0; i < values.Length; i += 2)
        if(!value.Between(values[i], values[i + 1])
            return false;

    return true;
}

if(x.Between(4199, 6800, 6999, 8200, ...)

Awful hack, improved:

class Range
{
    int Left { get; set; }
    int Right { get; set; }

    // Constructors, etc.
}

Range R(int left, int right)
{
    return new Range(left, right)
}

bool Between(this int value, params Range[] ranges)
{
    for(int i = 0; i < ranges.Length; ++i)
        if(value > ranges[i].Left && value < ranges[i].Right)
            return true;

    return false;
}

if(x.Between(R(4199, 6800), R(6999, 8200), ...))

Or, better yet (this does not allow duplicate lower bounds):

bool Between(this int value, Dictionary ranges)
{
    // Basically iterate over Key-Value pairs and check if value falls within that range
}

if(x.Between({ { 4199, 6800 }, { 6999, 8200 }, ... }