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# Enumerable

```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 };
theBeSharps.ShouldBe(new[] { apu, homer, skinner, barney });
```

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

**Exception**

```
theBeSharps
    should be
[Apu, Homer, Skinner, Barney]
    but was
[Homer, Skinner, Barney]
    difference
[*Homer*, *Skinner*, *Barney*, *]
```