# Have

## ShouldHaveSingleItem

```cs
var maggie = new Person { Name = "Maggie" };
var homer = new Person { Name = "Homer" };
var simpsonsBabies = new List<Person> { homer, maggie };
simpsonsBabies.ShouldHaveSingleItem();
```

[snippet source](https://github.com/shouldly/shouldly/blob/master/src/DocumentationExamples/CodeExamples/EnumerableShouldHaveSingleItemExamples.ShouldHaveSingleItem.codeSample.approved.cs#L1-L4) | [anchor](#snippet-EnumerableShouldHaveSingleItemExamples.ShouldHaveSingleItem.codeSample.approved.cs)

**Exception**

```
simpsonsBabies
    should have single item but had
2
    items and was
[Homer, Maggie]
```