Question

So far I have done

foreach (DataRow myRow in targetTable.Rows)
 {
  htmlBuilder.Append("<tr align='left' valign='top'>");

  foreach (DataColumn targetColumn in targetTable.Columns)
  {
   htmlBuilder.Append("<td align='left' valign='top'>");
   htmlBuilder.Append(myRow[targetColumn.ColumnName].ToString());
   htmlBuilder.Append("</td>");
  }

  htmlBuilder.Append("</tr>");
 }

Any better way of doing so…like Linq/Lambda approach

Thanks

Answer 1

LINQ is generally used to select and operate on a sub-set of a collection, what you’re doing doesn’t really fit its purpose.

You could define your foreach loops as lambdas if you really wanted to, but you won’t get any special benefit. ie:

Action<DataColumn> buildAction = (DataColumn targetColumn) =>
{
    htmlBuilder.Append("<td align='left' valign='top'>");
    htmlBuilder.Append(myRow[targetColumn.ColumnName].ToString());
    htmlBuilder.Append("</td>");
};
targetTable.Columns.ForEach(buildAction);