String - In

A T extension method to determines whether the object is equal to any of the provided values.

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public static void Main()
{
	string [] values = {"EntityFramework", "    ", "SQL", "", "Java", null};
	
	string newValue = "EntityFramework";
	
	// C# Extension Method: String - In
    if(newValue.In(values))
	{
		Console.WriteLine("String: {0}", newValue);
	}
}

View Source
using System;

public static partial class Extensions
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     A T extension method to determines whether the object is equal to any of the provided values.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="this">The object to be compared.</param>
    /// <param name="values">The value list to compare with the object.</param>
    /// <returns>true if the values list contains the object, else false.</returns>
    public static bool In(this String @this, params String[] values)
    {
        return Array.IndexOf(values, @this) != -1;
    }
}