Question

Can I using LINQ return a List<Person> from a List<String> like the following:

// this is not valid code, just to explain the idea
var persons = new string[] {"Tom", "Adam"}.ToList<Person>(str => Name = str);

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

var people = new string[] {"Tom", "Adam"}
    .Select(str => new Person {Name = str});

This will return an IEnumerable<Person>. If you’d like a list:

var people = new string[] {"Tom", "Adam"}
    .Select(str => new Person {Name = str})
    .ToList();