# OneOf

## ShouldBeOneOf

```cs
var apu = new Person { Name = "Apu" };
var homer = new Person { Name = "Homer" };
var skinner = new Person { Name = "Skinner" };
var barney = new Person { Name = "Barney" };
var theBeSharps = new List<Person> { homer, skinner, barney };
apu.ShouldBeOneOf(theBeSharps.ToArray());
```

[snippet source](https://github.com/shouldly/shouldly/blob/master/src/DocumentationExamples/CodeExamples/ShouldBeOneOfExamples.ShouldBeOneOf.codeSample.approved.cs#L1-L6) | [anchor](#snippet-ShouldBeOneOfExamples.ShouldBeOneOf.codeSample.approved.cs)

**Exception**

```
apu
    should be one of
[Homer, Skinner, Barney]
    but was
Apu
```

## ShouldNotBeOneOf

```cs
var apu = new Person { Name = "Apu" };
var homer = new Person { Name = "Homer" };
var skinner = new Person { Name = "Skinner" };
var barney = new Person { Name = "Barney" };
var wiggum = new Person { Name = "Wiggum" };
var theBeSharps = new List<Person> { apu, homer, skinner, barney, wiggum };
wiggum.ShouldNotBeOneOf(theBeSharps.ToArray());
```

[snippet source](https://github.com/shouldly/shouldly/blob/master/src/DocumentationExamples/CodeExamples/ShouldBeOneOfExamples.ShouldNotBeOneOf.codeSample.approved.cs#L1-L7) | [anchor](#snippet-ShouldBeOneOfExamples.ShouldNotBeOneOf.codeSample.approved.cs)

**Exception**

```
wiggum
    should not be one of
[Apu, Homer, Skinner, Barney, Wiggum]
    but was
Wiggum
```