Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' to 'System.Collections.Generic.List

Question

I have the code below:

List aa = (from char c in source
                   select new { Data = c.ToString() }).ToList();

But

Answer 1

IEnumerable e = (from char c in source
                        select new { Data = c.ToString() }).Select(t = > t.Data);
// or
IEnumerable e = from char c in source
                        select c.ToString();
// or
IEnumerable e = source.Select(c = > c.ToString());

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Then you can call ToList():

List l = (from char c in source
                  select new { Data = c.ToString() }).Select(t = > t.Data).ToList();
// or
List l = (from char c in source
                  select c.ToString()).ToList();
// or
List l = source.Select(c = > c.ToString()).ToList();