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

If you want it to be List, get rid of the anonymous type and add a .ToList() call:

List list = (from char c in source
                     select c.ToString()).ToList();