Common LINQ Operations

Basic syntax

All LINQ queries have nearly identical structures:

var result = from item in collection
             select item;

• The collection is a collection object (like an array or list).
• The item refers to an individual element of that collection.
• The select statement is used to choose what should be returned as a result.

This is the basic syntax. It can be extended from here through filtering, sorting, projection, and so on. We’ll explore these operations individually.

Filter

To select items that match some criteria, we use the where clause. After the where keyword, we provide a boolean expression that determines how the filtering occurs: