Question

  var userData = (from u in DB.user_data
                                     join p in DB.users on u.userid equals p.userid
                                     join s in DB.roles on p.roleid equals s.roleid
                                     where u.deptid == 24
                                     select new UserData()
                                     {
                                         userId = u.id,
                                         RoleName = s.Name,
                                         CreateDate = u.Create_date,
                                         Active = u.Active,
                                         ValidTokens = GetTokencount(-- userdata  --) -- how to pass current userdata object here

                                     }).ToList();

following is the global method from which I get the available taken counts for a user based on a logic

public int GetTokencount(UserData objUserData)
{

// code to get count goes here 
}

Answer 1

Simply put, you can’t. When you’re in the object initializer, the current UserData object hasn’t been initialized yet, so you cannot reference it.

Instead, you can loop through the collection after it’s been created to set your ValidTokens property on each UserData instance.