C# Which is faster .Any() .Contains() or .Exists()

[Mr. Analog]

The answer was surprising:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/18651941

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***** ContainsExistsAnyShortRange *****
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List/Contains: 96ms
List/Exists: 146ms
List/Any: 381ms
Array/Contains: 34ms
Arrays do not have Exists
Array/Any: 410ms
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********* ContainsExistsAny ***********
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List/Contains: 257,996ms
List/Exists: 379,951ms
List/Any: 884,853ms
Array/Contains: 72,486ms
Arrays do not have Exists
Array/Any: 1,013,303ms

[Melbosa]

Contains FTW!!!!

[Mr. Analog]

It's surprising how costly .Any is, I never would have thought of it at all if I hadn't been looking for more performative ways of filtering lists in C#

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