skip item whose date does not match

Basit Nisar

here is my code where i need to skip the contractinvoiceperdaysid when if condition fails

and that contractinvoiceperdaysid whose if condition matches shall pass through by join condition using split[,]

List lstContractInvoicePerDays = new List();
lstContractInvoicePerDays = staffCIPDApprovedViewModel.lstContractInvoicePerDays.ToList();
string contractInvoicePerDayIDs = string.Empty;
foreach (var Item in lstContractInvoicePerDays)
{
    //ContractInvoicePerDay contractInvoicePerDay = db.ContractInvoicePerDays.Find(Item.ContractInvoicePerDayID);
    DateTime _LastModifiedDateTC = Global.GetTimecardLastModifiedDate(Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs, (int)InvoiceSourceTypes.PerDay).GetValueOrDefault();
    if (Item.LastModifiedDate == _LastModifiedDateTC)
    {
        contractInvoicePerDayIDs = string.Join(",", Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs);
    }
}

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Amit Mohanty3y ago

Accepted answer

To skip the ContractInvoicePerDaysID when the if condition fails, you can use the continue statement to move to the next iteration of the loop:

foreach (var Item in lstContractInvoicePerDays)
{
    DateTime _LastModifiedDateTC = Global.GetTimecardLastModifiedDate(Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs, (int)InvoiceSourceTypes.PerDay).GetValueOrDefault();
    if (Item.LastModifiedDate != _LastModifiedDateTC)
    {
        continue; // skip to next iteration if condition fails
    }
    
    contractInvoicePerDayIDs = string.Join(",", Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs);
    // rest of your code here
}

Tuhin Paul3y ago

A code that skips the `ContractInvoicePerDayID` when the `if` condition fails, and adds the `ContractInvoicePerDayID` to the `contractInvoicePerDayIDs` string only when the `if` condition is true:

List lstContractInvoicePerDays = new List();
lstContractInvoicePerDays = staffCIPDApprovedViewModel.lstContractInvoicePerDays.ToList();
string contractInvoicePerDayIDs = string.Empty;
foreach (var Item in lstContractInvoicePerDays)
{
    //ContractInvoicePerDay contractInvoicePerDay = db.ContractInvoicePerDays.Find(Item.ContractInvoicePerDayID);
    DateTime _LastModifiedDateTC = Global.GetTimecardLastModifiedDate(Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs, (int)InvoiceSourceTypes.PerDay).GetValueOrDefault();
    if (Item.LastModifiedDate == _LastModifiedDateTC)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(contractInvoicePerDayIDs))
        {
            contractInvoicePerDayIDs += ",";
        }
        contractInvoicePerDayIDs += string.Join(",", Item.ContractInvoicePerDayIDs);
    }
}

The `if` condition checks if the `LastModifiedDate` property of the current `Item` object matches the `_LastModifiedDateTC` value. If the condition is true, the `ContractInvoicePerDayID` values are added to the `contractInvoicePerDayIDs` string using `string.Join`. If the condition is false, the `ContractInvoicePerDayID` values are skipped and the loop moves on to the next item in the list. I added a check for an existing value in `contractInvoicePerDayIDs` before adding a comma, so that the comma is only added when needed.