Question

I need some help with a LINQ query in VB.Net, please.

I have this simple group statement:

Dim drivers = From d In DriversOwners _
   Group d By Key = d.UnitNumber Into Group _
   Select Key, DriverGroup = Group

This works, and returns me the data I need to work with. Now I want to iterate through the groups, using a For Each construct. like this:

For Each x In drivers

Next

However, the compiler is barking at me, telling me that the

“‘x’ is not accessible in this context because it is ‘Friend’.”

Anyone know what I am doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I’m not sure if you’ve solved this or not. I had the exact same problem today and what ended up working for me was to not use a single-letter variable in the For Each loop. My code was the same as yours:

For Each x In a
 ...
Next

When I changed the code to the following it worked:

For Each retVal in a
 ...
Next

I also found the same ‘Friend’ error behavior for any single-letter variable.

I have no idea why it behaves this way, but I thought I’d pass this along in case this question is still out there.