c# - Remove items from one list in another

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to traverse a generic list of items that I want to remove from another list of items.

So let's say I have this as a hypothetical example

List<car> list1 = GetTheList();
List<car> list2 = GetSomeOtherList();

I want to traverse list1 with a foreach and remove each item in List1 which is also contained in List2.

I'm not quite sure how to go about that as foreach is not index based.

Answer 1

You can use Except:

List<car> list1 = GetTheList();
List<car> list2 = GetSomeOtherList();
List<car> result = list2.Except(list1).ToList();

You probably don't even need those temporary variables:

List<car> result = GetSomeOtherList().Except(GetTheList()).ToList();

Note that Except does not modify either list - it creates a new list with the result.