StringX.GetUniqueName Method (String, IEnumerable(String))

StringXGetUniqueName Method (String, IEnumerableString)

Gets an auto-incremented version of the specified base name that does not already exist in the specified collection.

Namespace: Candlelight
Assembly: Assembly-CSharp-firstpass (in Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll) Version: 0.0.0.0

Syntax

public static string GetUniqueName(
	this string baseName,
	IEnumerable<string> existingNames
)

baseName: Type: SystemString
Base name.
existingNames: Type: System.Collections.GenericIEnumerableString
Existing names.

Type: String
An auto-incremented version of the specified base name that does not already exist in the specified collection.

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type String. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).