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WPF CODE EXAMPLE created on Thursday, February 25, 2010 permalink
Extension method to remove preceding and succeeding blank lines on a List<string>
This extension method TrimBlankLines() does to a List<string> what Trim() does to string.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace TestLines8833
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            List<string> lines = new List<string>();
            lines.Add("");
            lines.Add("one");
            lines.Add("two");
            lines.Add("");
            lines.Add("");
            lines.Add("five");
            lines.Add("");
            lines.Add("");

            lines.TrimBlankLines();

            for (int i = 0; i < lines.Count; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", i + 1, lines[i]);
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public static class Helpers
    {
        public static void TrimBlankLines(this List<string> list)
        {
            while (list.Count != 0 && string.IsNullOrEmpty(list[0]))
            {
                list.RemoveAt(0);
            }
            while (list.Count != 0 && string.IsNullOrEmpty(list[list.Count - 1]))
            {
                list.RemoveAt(list.Count - 1);
            }
        }
    }
}
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