Question

in c#, let’s suppose that i have a class like as follows..

public class anItem
    {
        public string name { get; set; }
        public string surname { get; set; }
    }

and i use a generic list with that object, like.

List<anItem> listof = new List<anItem>();
listof.Add(new anItem { name = "name 1", surname = "surname 1" });
listof.Add(new anItem { name = "name 2", surname = "surname 2" });
listof.Add(new anItem { name = "name 3", surname = "surname 3" });
listof.Add(new anItem { name = "name 4", surname = "surname 4" });

is it possible take all surname ‘s from listof generic list to a string array ?

string[] takenSurnames = // take just surnames from listof

yes i can get that with foreach or for loops. but i wonder if there’s any lambda expression or something like that shorter ?

Thanks in advance..

Answer 1

listof.Select(c => c.surename).ToArray();