Select method in List<t> Collection
Well, to start with List<T>
does have the FindAll
and ConvertAll
methods - but the more idiomatic, modern approach is to use LINQ:
// Find all the people older than 30var query1 = list.Where(person => person.Age > 30);// Find each person's namevar query2 = list.Select(person => person.Name);
You'll need a using directive in your file to make this work:
using System.Linq;
Note that these don't use strings to express predicates and projects - they use delegates, usually created from lambda expressions as above.
If lambda expressions and LINQ are new to you, I would suggest you get a book covering LINQ first, such as LINQ in Action, Pro LINQ, C# 4 in a Nutshell or my own C# in Depth. You certainly can learn LINQ just from web tutorials, but I think it's such an important technology, it's worth taking the time to learn it thoroughly.