Question

I have some code block, and need to use the same object to be used outside the block, I can use a strong types such as:

Person p = null;
if(cond1)
{
    p = new Person();
    p.Name = "Name1";
    p.Age = 25;
}
else if (cond2)
{    
    p = Employees.Select(c=>new Person() {Name = c.FirstName + " " +c.LastName }).First();
    p.Age = 23;
}

if(p != null)
{
    Console.Write(p.Name);
}

I need to do that via anonymous types instead of person, I can’t use tuples because the property names are not named, and can’t create tinny classes every time I need such thing, this is a very simple case, but what about LINQ results in blocks similar to my example?

Answer 1

How about this kind of thing

        var person = new { Name = "" }; ;

        if (cond1)
        {
            person  = new { Name = "Bob" };
        }
        else
        {
            person  = new { Name = "John" };
        }

        Console.WriteLine(person.Name);