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# Have

## ShouldHaveCount

```cs
var maggie = new Person { Name = "Maggie" };
var homer = new Person { Name = "Homer" };
var simpsonsBabies = new List<Person> { homer, maggie };
simpsonsBabies.ShouldHaveCount(3);
```

[<sup>snippet source</sup>](https://github.com/shouldly/shouldly/tree/master/src/DocumentationExamples/CodeExamples/EnumerableShouldHaveCountExamples.ShouldHaveCount.codeSample.approved.cs#L1-L4) <sup>|</sup> [<sup>anchor</sup>](#snippet-EnumerableShouldHaveCountExamples.ShouldHaveCount.codeSample.approved.cs)

**Exception**

```
simpsonsBabies
    should have 3 items but had
2
    items and was
[Homer, Maggie]
```

## ShouldHaveSingleItem

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

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

**Exception**

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