Question

I wanna write a linq query to do this

Select id from selectedBrands 
where name='Nick' or name='Matt'

is this linq correct????

  var brandsToNotShow=new[] {"Nick","Matt"};
    model.Names=

                    (from s in selectedBrands
                    where  brandsToNotShow.Any()
                    select s.Brand.name
                ).ToList();

where model.Names is a List

Answer 1

No, it is not correct.

brandsNotToShow.Any() 

asks “are there any elements of this list”, the answer to which is, yes, there are two elements.

This query is probably closer to what you want:

 from s in selectedBrands
 where brandsNotToShow.Contains(s.Brand.Name)
 select s.Brand.Name

(actually, if it’s brands NOT to show, it might be

where !brandsNotToShow.Contains(s.Brand.Name)

I can’t tell from your example)