Difference Between Select and SelectMany

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Answer 1

The SelectMany method knocks down an IEnumerable> into an IEnumerable, like communism, every element is behaved in the same manner(a stupid guy has same rights of a genious one).

var words = new [] { "a,b,c", "d,e", "f" };
var splitAndCombine = words.SelectMany(x => x.Split(','));
// returns { "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f" }