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More often snippets like this can be even more straightforward: var somestuff = from x in someList where x.Id > 7 select
by Kipters 9y ago
More often snippets like this can be even more straightforward:
var somestuff = from x in someList
where x.Id > 7
select x.Name
- douche 9y agoExcept when you have to wrap it in parentheses and tack a .ToList() onto the end of it, or use something outside the subset that the query syntax supports, it starts looking considerably more ugly than chaining the functions together.
- WorldMaker 9y agoThe obvious answer is don't wrap a good query in parentheses, use a second line: var somestuff = from x in someList where x.Id > 7 select x.Name; var somestuffList = somestuff.ToList(); For what it is worth, I personally consider ToList() harmful. I've done a lot of LINQ performance work and the first place I start is with a project-wide search for ToList and start to delete and/or replace calls to ToList to things more appropriate. List is more often than not the wrong data structure for a query result and I've seen too many people use ToList as a debugging crutch without understanding its performance impact.