{"id":16054,"date":"2024-03-15T12:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-c-yield-keyword\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:48:20","slug":"what-is-the-purpose-of-the-c-yield-keyword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-c-yield-keyword\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the purpose of the C# yield keyword?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The yield keyword in C# is used to define an iterator method that can pause and resume execution during method execution, returning elements of a sequence. 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