Hello LINQ

Example. Hello LINQ
using System;
using System.Linq;

string[] greetings = {"hello world", "hello LINQ", "hello Apress"};

var items =
  from s in greetings
  where s.EndsWith("LINQ")
  select s;

foreach (var item in items)
  Console.WriteLine(item);

NOTE

The code in Listing 1-1 was added to a project created with the console application template in Visual Studio 2008. If one is not already present, you should add a using directive for the System.Linq namespace.

Running the previous code by pressing Ctrl+F5 outputs the following data to the console window:

hello LINQ

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