Question

I have the following code:

public class MyObject {
  public string Name { get; set; }

  public MyObject(string name) {
    Name = name;
  }  
}

// caller method somewhere
public void myMethod() {
  List<MyObject> myObjects = new List<MyObject>();
  myObjects.Add(new MyObject("Jim"));
  myObjects.Add(new MyObject("David"));
  myObjects.Add(new MyObject("Richard"));
  myObjects.Add(new MyObject("Steve"));

  string[] namesToExclude = new string[] { "Jim", "Steve" };
  List<string> strings = myObjects.Select(m => m.Name).Except(namesToExclude).ToList();
  // replace the above line to result in List<MyObject> with 2 items (David, Richard)
}

I’d like to get this last line working so I can get back the list as a List<MyObject> rather than as a List<string>.

Answer 1

Try this:

 var objects = 
      myObjects.Where(m => !namesToExclude.Contains(m.Name)).ToList();