How to use IndexOf() method of List<object>

Question

All the examples I see of using the IndexOf() method in List are of basic string types. What I want to know is how to return the index of

Answer 1

The answer is for those coming here to know why IndexOf() doesn't work.

Your class must override Equals method of object possessing the following declaration.

public override bool Equals(object obj)

Answer 2

you can do this through override Equals method

class Employee
    {
        string _name;
        string _last;
        double _val;
        public Employee(string name, string last, double  val)
        {
            _name = name;
            _last = last;
            _val = val;
        }
        public override bool Equals(object obj)
        {
            Employee e = obj as Employee;
            return e._name == _name;
        }
    }

Answer 3

Sorry, one more for good measure :)

int index = employees.FindIndex(
      delegate(Employee employee)
        {
           return employee.LastName == "Something";
        });

Edit: - Full Example in .NET 2.0 Project.

class Program
{
    class Employee { public string LastName { get; set; } }
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        List<Employee> employeeList = new List<Employee>();
        employeeList.Add(new Employee(){LastName="Something"});
        employeeList.Add(new Employee(){LastName="Something Else"});
        int index = employeeList.FindIndex(delegate(Employee employee) 
                           { return employee.LastName.Equals("Something"); });
        Console.WriteLine("Index:{0}", index);
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

Answer 4

public int FindIndex(Predicate<T> match);

Using lambdas:

employeeList.FindIndex(r => r.LastName.Equals("Something"));

Note:

// Returns:
//     The zero-based index of the first occurrence of an element
//     that matches the conditions defined by match, if found; 
//     otherwise, –1.

Answer 5

I prefer like this

    private List<Person> persons = List<Person>();

            public PersonService()
            {
                persons = new List<Person>() { 
                    new Person { Id = 1, DOB = DateTime.Today, FirstName = "Pawan", LastName = "Shakya" },
                    new Person { Id = 2, DOB = DateTime.Today, FirstName = "Bibek", LastName = "Pandey" },
                    new Person { Id = 3, DOB = DateTime.Today, FirstName = "Shrestha", LastName = "Prami" },
                    new Person { Id = 4, DOB = DateTime.Today, FirstName = "Monika", LastName = "Pandey" },
                };
            }

public PersonRepository.Interface.Person GetPerson(string lastName)
        {
            return persons[persons.FindIndex(p=>p.LastName.Equals(lastName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))];
        }

Answer 6

int index = employeeList.FindIndex(employee => employee.LastName.Equals(somename, StringComparison.Ordinal));

Edit: Without lambdas for C# 2.0 (the original doesn't use LINQ or any .NET 3+ features, just the lambda syntax in C# 3.0):

int index = employeeList.FindIndex(
    delegate(Employee employee)
    {
        return employee.LastName.Equals(somename, StringComparison.Ordinal);
    });