Yield in C# , can use with the return statement to build a collection of returns. For example , I have a method that we need to return a collection of integers in a lazy manner and expose it through an IEnumerable interface. Based on the value produce with the yield return , consumer can write some logic based on their need.
In the below example you can see I have a method ReturnSomeIntegers() , which return 1 to 10 by iterate using for loop with yield keyword and also two more yield return with 20 and 30 respectively.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
YieldDemo();
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void YieldDemo()
{
foreach ( int n in ReturnSomeIntegers())
{
if (n == 20)
{
Console.WriteLine("From Yield Return Two - " + n);
}
else if (n == 30)
{
Console.WriteLine("From Yield Return Three - " + n);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("From Yield Return One - " + n);
}
}
}
private static IEnumerable ReturnSomeIntegers()
{
for(int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
yield return i;
}
yield return 20;
yield return 30;
}
}
Whenever ReturnSomeIntegers() method return a single value , the execution will switchback to YieldDemo() for each method and print the value based on the condition.
In Computer Science this is known as Continuation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation
