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/// <summary>
/// Tries to get a value from the generic list.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type that the generic list contains.</typeparam>
/// <param name="list">The generic list reference.</param>
/// <param name="predicate">The predicate used to find the desired element.</param>
/// <param name="item">The item to be returned if the <see cref="predicate"/> argument finds a match.</param>
/// <returns>true if a item was found; otherwise false.</returns>
public static bool TryGet<T>(this IList<T> list, Func<T, bool> predicate, out T item)
{
    var result = list.Where(predicate).ToArray();
    item = result.FirstOrDefault();
    return result.Length != 0;
}

/// <summary>
/// Tries to get a value from the generic list.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type that the generic list contains.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="S">The type that the selector function will return.</typeparam>
/// <param name="list">The generic list reference.</param>
/// <param name="predicate">The predicate used to find the desired element.</param>
/// <param name="selector">The selector function used to retrieve a value from the matched item. determined by the <see cref="predicate"/> argument.</param>
/// <param name="item">The item to be returned if the <see cref="predicate"/> argument finds a match.</param>
/// <returns>true if a item was found; otherwise false.</returns>
public static bool TryGet<T, S>(this IList<T> list, Func<T, bool> predicate, Func<T, S> selector, out S item)
{
    var result = list.Where(predicate).ToArray();
    item = selector(result.FirstOrDefault());
    return result.Length != 0;
}

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Name of author Dean Lunz (aka Created by: X)
Computer programming nerd, and tech geek.
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