Question

I have the code below:

List<string> aa = (from char c in source
                   select new { Data = c.ToString() }).ToList();

But what about

List<string> aa = (from char c1 in source
                   from char c2 in source
                   select new { Data = string.Concat(c1, ".", c2)).ToList<string>();

While compile getting error

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.List<AnonymousType#1>' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List<string>'

Need help.

Answer 1

IEnumerable<string> e = (from char c in source
                        select new { Data = c.ToString() }).Select(t = > t.Data);
// or
IEnumerable<string> e = from char c in source
                        select c.ToString();
// or
IEnumerable<string> e = source.Select(c = > c.ToString());

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Then you can call ToList():

List<string> l = (from char c in source
                  select new { Data = c.ToString() }).Select(t = > t.Data).ToList();
// or
List<string> l = (from char c in source
                  select c.ToString()).ToList();
// or
List<string> l = source.Select(c = > c.ToString()).ToList();