How to use SQL 'LIKE' with LINQ to Entities? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can do all these statements with LINQ like this

string _search = "johnson";
// joh* OR joh%
items.Where(i => i.Name.StartsWith(_search, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
// *son OR %son
items.Where(i => i.Name.EndsWith(_search, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
// *hns* OR %hns%
items.Where(i => i.Name.ToLower().Contains(_search));