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C# Querying With LINQ Now You're Querying Selecting, Projecting and Anonymous Types

Nathan Reinauer
Nathan Reinauer
2,097 Points
Posted by Nathan Reinauer
Nathan Reinauer
2,097 Points

I keep getting an error, but I have no idea why. I'm writing the code pretty much the same as in the lesson.

Getting a compiler error, but I don't know what it means.

CodeChallenge.cs 
var birds = new[] 
{ 
    new { Name = "Pelican", Color = "White" }, 
    new { Name = "Swan", Color = "White" }, 
    new { Name = "Crow", Color = "Black" } 
};

var mysteryBird = new { Color = "White", Sightings = 3;

var matchingBirds = from b in birds where b.Color == mysteryBird.Color select new { BirdName = b.Name };
Bogdan Cabaj
Bogdan Cabaj
16,349 Points
Bogdan Cabaj
Bogdan Cabaj
16,349 Points

You are missing a curly brace at the end of "var mysteryBird = new { Color = "White", Sightings = 3}; "

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

How did you get past task 1?

Bogdan is right, you're missing the closing brace in the initialization of mysteryBird. But that should've been done for task 1 — did you accidentally remove it while working on task 2?