Problem with Lists

[chamarajanaka]

I have a List of integers

List<int> LI = new List<int>();

i wants check whether a particular number exists in the list.if exists do a database updation else do a database insert

foreach (int IT in LI)
            {
           
            }

can i do this inside the foreach loop or if not possible how to achieve this?????

[PsychoCoder]

You shouldnt have to loop through the entire list looking for a single value. This would be aweful inefficient. You could use Contains to see if the list contains the value (in this example we'll use 9)

if (list.Contains(9))
{
    //do your update work here
}

Is this what you were looking for?

[chamarajanaka]

You shouldnt have to loop through the entire list looking for a single value. This would be aweful inefficient. You could use Contains to see if the list contains the value (in this example we'll use 9)

if (list.Contains(9))
{
    //do your update work here
}

Is this what you were looking for?

Exactly!! thanks for the reply. I've got it working