How to dynamically add OR operator to WHERE clause in LINQ

Question

I have a variable size array of strings, and I am trying to programatically loop through the array and match all the rows in a table where the column \"Tags\" contains at le

Answer 1

You can use the PredicateBuilder class:

var searchPredicate = PredicateBuilder.False();

foreach(string str in strArray)
{
   var closureVariable = str; // See the link below for the reason
   searchPredicate = 
     searchPredicate.Or(SongsVar => SongsVar.Tags.Contains(closureVariable));
}

var allSongMatches = db.Songs.Where(searchPredicate);

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