Question

Suppose I have a method that returns a list of String names.

public List<String> buildNamesList(){
   List<String> namesList = new List<String>();
   //add several names to the list
   return namesList;
}

Now if I have a method that needs that namesList would returning it like so be the best way?

public void someMethod(){
  List<String> namesList = new List<String>();
  namesList = buildNamesList();
  //traverse namesList
}

Answer 1

If you are creating a new list in your buildNamesList method, I would just say:

var namesList = buildNamesList();