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

Posted by Ar33ss Leon
Ar33ss Leon
4,621 Points

Linq isn't working, is it supposed to be C#?

I'm learning using the Linq tool or library in C#. I don't like to use the workspace so I'm using my Visual Studio program.

In order to show results in the List-Array she types: from b in birds where b.Color == "Red" select b; that doesnt work in my C# Visual Studio. Only this worked: Console.WriteLine(from b in birds where b.Color == "Red" select b); but it doesnt show the array correctly

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points

It sounds like the instructor is evaluating the expression in the REPL, but you are compiling it into a program and using WriteLine to output the value. I'd guess the implicit formatting applied by the REPL is a bit different from what WriteLine does by default.

You may need to construct a loop to ouput the result, possibly applying some formatting manually to get a similar output.

Ar33ss Leon
Ar33ss Leon
4,621 Points

Thank you, It helped me to understand this. Yeah I know, I always use a "foreach" to print the values.